Midweek brain-break time. LinkedIn keeps slipping out daily puzzles and, yes, I keep playing them. If you have never tried them, fair warning: your very first run is a tutorial, not the real daily. That means today’s answers will not match what you see on that first go. For everyone else, here are the LinkedIn Games solutions for October 1, 2025.
Queens #519
Back to an 8x8 grid today. Even with the bigger board, the color layout makes this one more forgiving than it looks.
If you need the exact placements, drop the eight queens at: Row 1, Column 7; Row 2, Column 1; Row 3, Column 3; Row 4, Column 5; Row 5, Column 8; Row 6, Column 2; Row 7, Column 6; Row 8, Column 4.
Tango #359
Another Tango with eight pre-filled squares to nudge you in the right direction. Between those and the X and = placement, this one moves fast once you get rolling.
Row 1: Sun, Moon, Sun, Moon.
Row 2: Moon, Sun, Sun, Moon, Sun.
Row 3: Moon, Moon, Sun, Moon.
Row 4: Moon, Moon, Moon, Sun, Sun.
Row 5: Sun, Sun, Moon, Sun.
Row 6: Sun, Sun, Moon, Sun, Moon, Moon.
Mini Sudoku #51
The newest addition stays steady on difficulty. Clean, compact, and it does not really spike day to day.
Row 1: 5, 6, 4, 1, 2, 3.
Row 2: 2, 3, 1, 6, 4, 5.
Row 3: 1, 2, 6, 5, 3, 4.
Row 4: 4, 5, 3, 2, 6, 1.
Row 5: 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6.
Row 6: 6, 4, 5, 3, 1, 2.
Zip #198
Looks simple, kind of is. Start by zipping left to the edge through point 2, then drop straight down through point 3, slide into point 4, and go right once to hit point 5. From there, head up four steps to pass through point 6, go right four steps to pass through point 7 and into point 8, then take it all the way down, go left three tiles, and pop up once into point 9. Finish by going right twice, up twice to reach point 10, left twice to reach point 11, then down once and right once to land on point 12.
Pinpoint #519
This one is easy if the theme clicks, annoying if it doesn’t. The clues roll out in this order: Dust, then Fur, then Foot, then Basket, then Bowling. That trail leads to the category: words that come before "ball".
Crossclimb #519
Answers for the clue set go like this: Location is SITE. Uses a bench, for example is SITS. Position in ice hockey (also, football) is WING. Victories is WINS. Transgressions is SINS.
Before you finish, reorder those five into this exact run: WING, WINS, SINS, SITS, SITE. After that, the last two words are KING and SIZE.
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