LinkedIn Patches #93 Answer & Analysis

The leftmost 4-cell region is forced into the far-left column, because the corner blocks any sideways expansion. On the opposite side, the 5-cell region on the far right also has only one practical direction to grow, so it runs straight down the border. The small top-row patches then fit around those two large edge anchors without overlap.

With the top edge set, the second and third rows become much clearer. The 2-cell gray and green regions in the upper-middle stack neatly under the top row, while the horizontal 2-cell pink region fits across the only open pair in the upper-middle band. The vertical 4-cell patch in column 2 is then forced to continue downward because the cells above and to the right are already blocked.

The center of the grid is where the board really starts to separate into lanes. The 4-cell tan block occupies the middle-left space, the 2-cell green region sits just to its right, and the 3-cell teal region on the right side runs vertically through the middle-lower area. These placements are important because they stop the puzzle from creating single-cell gaps in the center.

The last open area is the bottom row and the cells directly above it. The left edge finishes with a 3-cell vertical region, the bottom-center gets a 3-cell horizontal bar, the lower-right center takes a 2-cell strip, and the corner closes with the final 2-cell patch. That completes today's Patches solution with every numbered patch matching its exact size, every patch remaining connected, and the whole 7x7 grid filled.

Do one final pass to confirm that every region has the correct number of cells, no two patches overlap, and no cell is left empty. This is the best way to confirm the LinkedIn Patches answer for #93 before moving on.