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Thursday, November 12, 2026

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Solved patches board for puzzle 240. The complete text solution follows below.

Shape positions

Rows and columns below start at 1, from the top left.

  1. Shape C: top-left row 1, column 1; 6 rows × 1 columns (6 cells).
  2. Shape A: top-left row 1, column 2; 2 rows × 4 columns (8 cells).
  3. Shape B: top-left row 1, column 6; 5 rows × 1 columns (5 cells).
  4. Shape G: top-left row 1, column 7; 5 rows × 1 columns (5 cells).
  5. Shape D: top-left row 3, column 2; 3 rows × 2 columns (6 cells).
  6. Shape E: top-left row 3, column 4; 3 rows × 1 columns (3 cells).
  7. Shape F: top-left row 3, column 5; 3 rows × 1 columns (3 cells).
  8. Shape H: top-left row 6, column 2; 1 rows × 6 columns (6 cells).
  9. Shape I: top-left row 7, column 1; 1 rows × 7 columns (7 cells).

Why it works

The official regions cover every cell once and satisfy each clue’s size or shape constraint.

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