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LinkedIn Patches #194 answer — Sunday, September 27, 2026
Patches · Split the grid into rectangles, one clue per rectangle · puzzle #194
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Patches #194 is a 8×8 grid with 14 clues, 4 of them with the area hidden. Primes go first: the 2 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 7 has to be a 2-long strip. 6 of the 14 clues sit on the outer edge, which caps how far their rectangles can reach.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
The 2 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 7 has only 3 possible rectangles; list them and see which one leaves the neighbours room.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Draw the 2 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 7 as a 1×2 block whose top-left corner is row 1, column 6.
Hint 3: nearly there
The 3 marked "tall" at row 3, column 6 is the rectangle from row 2, column 6, 3 tall by 1 wide. What is still blank now belongs to the clues nearest to it.
Solution
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Solution as text
- Rectangle A: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 4, contains the ? (any shape) at row 1, column 1).
- Rectangle B: 1 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 1, column 6 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 1, column 7).
- Rectangle C: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 1, column 3 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 2, column 3).
- Rectangle D: 6 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 8 (area 6, contains the ? (any shape) at row 2, column 8).
- Rectangle E: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 3, column 1 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 3, column 2).
- Rectangle F: 3 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 2, column 6 (area 3, contains the 3 (tall) at row 3, column 6).
- Rectangle G: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 3, column 4 (area 4, contains the 4 (square) at row 4, column 4).
- Rectangle H: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 5, column 4 (area 3, contains the 3 (wide) at row 5, column 5).
- Rectangle I: 4 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 4, column 3 (area 4, contains the 4 (tall) at row 6, column 3).
- Rectangle J: 5 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 2, column 7 (area 5, contains the 5 (any shape) at row 6, column 7).
- Rectangle K: 4 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 4, column 1 (area 8, contains the ? (any shape) at row 7, column 1).
- Rectangle L: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 6, column 4 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 7, column 6).
- Rectangle M: 1 tall by 6 wide, top-left at row 8, column 1 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 8, column 2).
- Rectangle N: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 7, column 7 (area 4, contains the ? (any shape) at row 8, column 8).
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