Catdoku level 236 answer and walkthrough

The level 236 board

Place one cat in every row, every column and every colored patch. No two cats may touch, not even diagonally.

Level 236 answer

1. Row 1: column 2, in the yellow patch
2. Row 2: column 9, in the sky patch
3. Row 3: column 3, in the rose patch
4. Row 4: column 6, in the mint patch
5. Row 5: column 1, in the lilac patch
6. Row 6: column 5, in the peach patch
7. Row 7: column 8, in the aqua patch
8. Row 8: column 4, in the coral patch
9. Row 9: column 7, in the lime patch

How to solve level 236, step by step

After every placed cat, cross out the rest of its row, its column, its patch and the four corner squares around it. The steps below assume you do (the in-game auto-paws assist does it for you).

1. Cat 1 of 9: the aqua patch is down to a single free square at row 7, column 8, so its cat settles there.
2. Cat 2 of 9: the lime patch is down to a single free square at row 9, column 7, so its cat settles there.
3. Every free square of the lilac patch sits in column 1, so the lilac cat must come from there and the rest of column 1 can be crossed out. Cat 3 of 9: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 2, so its cat settles there.
4. Every free square of the coral patch sits in row 8, so the coral cat must come from there and the rest of row 8 can be crossed out. Cat 4 of 9: the peach patch is down to a single free square at row 6, column 5, so its cat settles there.
5. Cat 5 of 9: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 1, so its cat settles there.
6. Cat 6 of 9: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 6, so its cat settles there.
7. Cat 7 of 9: the coral patch is down to a single free square at row 8, column 4, so its cat settles there.
8. Cat 8 of 9: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 3, so its cat settles there.
9. Cat 9 of 9: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 9, so its cat settles there.