LinkedIn Queens #897 Answer – October 14, 2026

LinkedIn Queens puzzle #897 for October 14, 2026: spoiler-free hints first, then the complete solution when you want it.

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Reveal Hint #1Hint #1

Start with the red region. It has only two cells, both in column 4 at the top of the board.

Reveal Hint #2Hint #2

Try the red queen in row 2: every green cell would then be ruled out. So red can only go in one place.

Reveal Hint #3Hint #3

With red settled, the green queen has to sit in row 3, and the purple queen moves down the left edge.

Place one queen at a time, or reveal the whole board.

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Queen positions (row, column): R1C4, R2C1, R3C5, R4C3, R5C7, R6C2, R7C6.

Red has two cells (R1C4, R2C4). A queen at R2C4 would touch or share a column with every green cell, so red is R1C4.
Green’s cells in row 2 touch that queen and R4C4 shares its column, so green is in row 3. Column 4 is taken, which leaves R3C3 or R3C5.
Purple can no longer use rows 1 or 3, so it is R2C1 or R2C2.
Fitting grey, yellow and orange into the bottom-left settles the rest: purple R2C1, green R3C5, grey R4C3, blue R5C7, yellow R6C2 and orange R7C6.