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LinkedIn Patches #202 Answer — (October 5, 2026)
Patches · Split the grid into rectangles, one clue per rectangle · puzzle #202
The answer
Solution as text
- Rectangle A: 5 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 1 (area 5, contains the 5 (tall) at row 1, column 1).
- Rectangle B: 2 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 1, column 2 (area 6, contains the 6 (any shape) at row 2, column 4).
- Rectangle C: 3 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 5 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 2, column 5).
- Rectangle D: 3 tall by 1 wide, top-left at row 1, column 6 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 2, column 6).
- Rectangle E: 1 tall by 3 wide, top-left at row 3, column 2 (area 3, contains the 3 (any shape) at row 3, column 4).
- Rectangle F: 1 tall by 5 wide, top-left at row 4, column 2 (area 5, contains the 5 (wide) at row 4, column 5).
- Rectangle G: 1 tall by 5 wide, top-left at row 5, column 2 (area 5, contains the 5 (wide) at row 5, column 6).
- Rectangle H: 1 tall by 4 wide, top-left at row 6, column 1 (area 4, contains the 4 (any shape) at row 6, column 4).
- Rectangle I: 1 tall by 2 wide, top-left at row 6, column 5 (area 2, contains the 2 (any shape) at row 6, column 5).
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Patches #202 is a 6×6 grid with 9 clues. Start with the 5 marked "tall" at row 1, column 1: only one rectangle fits it. Every area is given today, so each clue's rectangle has a fixed cell count. The primes today are the 5 at row 1, column 1, the 3 at row 2, column 5, the 3 at row 2, column 6, the 3 at row 3, column 4, the 5 at row 4, column 5, the 5 at row 5, column 6 and the 2 at row 6, column 5; each is a single strip.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
Only one rectangle satisfies the 5-cell "tall" clue at row 1, column 1: 5×1. Start there.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Draw the 6-cell "any shape" clue at row 2, column 4 as a 2×3 block whose top-left corner is row 1, column 2.
Hint 3: nearly there
The 3-cell "any shape" clue at row 2, column 5 is the rectangle from row 1, column 5, 3 tall by 1 wide. What is still blank now belongs to the clues nearest to it.
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