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LinkedIn Patches #201 Answer — (October 4, 2026)
Patches · Split the grid into rectangles, one clue per rectangle · puzzle #201
The answer
Solution as text
- Rectangle A: 1 tall by 6 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 1, column 1).
- Rectangle B: 4 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 8 (area 4, contains the 4 (any shape) at row 1, column 8).
- Rectangle C: 1 tall by 6 wide, top-left at row 2, column 1 (area 6, contains the 6 (wide) at row 2, column 2).
- Rectangle D: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 7 (area 2, contains the 2 (tall) at row 2, column 7).
- Rectangle E: 1 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 3, column 2 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 3, column 3).
- Rectangle F: 2 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 3, column 6 (area 4, contains the 4 (any shape) at row 3, column 6).
- Rectangle G: 2 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 3, column 5 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 4, column 5).
- Rectangle H: 4 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 3, column 4 (area 4, contains the 4 (any shape) at row 5, column 4).
- Rectangle I: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 4, column 2 (area 6, contains the 6 (tall) at row 6, column 3).
- Rectangle J: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 5, column 5 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 6, column 6).
- Rectangle K: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 7, column 2 (area 6, contains the 6 (wide) at row 7, column 2).
- Rectangle L: 3 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 5, column 7 (area 6, contains the 6 (tall) at row 7, column 7).
- Rectangle M: 6 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 3, column 1 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 8, column 1).
- Rectangle N: 1 tall by 4 wide, top-left at row 8, column 5 (area 4, contains the 4 (any shape) at row 8, column 8).
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Patches #201 is a 8×8 grid with 14 clues. The 2 marked "tall" at row 2, column 7 is a prime, so it can only be a strip 2 cells long, one way or the other. 4 of the 14 clues sit on the outer edge, which caps how far their rectangles can reach. The primes today are the 2 at row 2, column 7, the 2 at row 3, column 3 and the 2 at row 4, column 5; each is a single strip.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
Count the options for the 6 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 1: 2. One of them blocks a neighbour, so it is out.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
The 6 marked "any shape" at row 1, column 1 is the rectangle from row 1, column 1, 1 tall by 6 wide.
Hint 3: nearly there
The 4-cell "any shape" clue at row 1, column 8 covers rows 1–4 and column 8. The rest follows from what is left uncovered.
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