LinkedIn Tango #739 Answer
LinkedIn Tango #739 answer (Friday, October 16, 2026) is the solved board below.
The answer
27 empty cells to fill. 27 steps, one cell each. Press Next step to begin.
The finished grid. The shaded cells are the ones the puzzle starts with.
Solution as text
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9 givens, 2 equals and 2 crosses: that's Tango #739. Each row and column needs exactly 3 suns and 3 moons, and three alike can never touch in a line. The first forced cell is row 2, column 4.
Hints
Hint 1: where to start
Row 2, column 4 must be a sun: it sits between two moons in row 2.
Hint 2: a solid foothold
Next, row 6, column 2 must be a sun: it sits between two moons in row 6.
Hint 3: nearly there
Then row 5, column 1 must be a sun: it sits between two moons in column 1. The same rules carry on from there. Where they stall, look ahead: if a sun in a square, followed by everything the rules then force, breaks a rule, that square is a moon, and the other way round.