LinkedIn Tango #609 Answer & Analysis

Row 2 begins with the given sequence Moon, Moon, Sun, Moon. That is already three Moons, so the two remaining cells in row 2 must be Suns. Row 5 also starts with two given Moons, so R5C3 cannot be a Moon; the Equal clue then forces R5C4 to match it, and the Cross clues force the final two cells of the row. Row 6 begins with two given Moons as well, so R6C3 must be a Sun to avoid three Moons in a row.

Now that R2C5 and R2C6 are known Suns, the edge clues above them become useful. R1C5 is connected to R2C5 by an Equal clue, so it must also be a Sun. R1C6 is connected to R2C6 by a Cross clue, so it must be a Moon. This also satisfies the Cross clue between R1C5 and R1C6.

Columns 1 and 2 each already contain three Moons from the original givens in rows 2, 5, and 6. Because every column must contain only three Moons total, all other open cells in those columns must be Suns. That gives row 1 three Suns, so its remaining open cells must be Moons. Rows 3 and 4 then start with two Suns, so their third cells must be Moons to avoid three Suns in a row.

At this point, the remaining cells are in columns 4, 5, and 6 of rows 3, 4, and 6. Rows 3 and 4 each need one more Sun and two more Moons, while row 6 needs two more Suns and one more Moon. Checking those patterns against the column totals gives the completed lower-right section used in the provided final answer, with no three identical symbols created.

The final LinkedIn Tango answer for puzzle #609 is: Row 1 = Sun, Sun, Moon, Moon, Sun, Moon; Row 2 = Moon, Moon, Sun, Moon, Sun, Sun; Row 3 = Sun, Sun, Moon, Sun, Moon, Moon; Row 4 = Sun, Sun, Moon, Moon, Sun, Moon; Row 5 = Moon, Moon, Sun, Sun, Moon, Sun; Row 6 = Moon, Moon, Sun, Sun, Moon, Sun. This is the completed layout for today's LinkedIn Tango puzzle based on the supplied solved board.