Catdoku level 43 answer and walkthrough

The level 43 board

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

Level 43 answer

1. Row 1: column 4, in the yellow patch
2. Row 2: column 6, in the sky patch
3. Row 3: column 2, in the rose patch
4. Row 4: column 5, in the mint patch
5. Row 5: column 3, in the lilac patch
6. Row 6: column 1, in the peach patch

How to solve level 43, 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 6: the peach patch is down to a single free square at row 6, column 1, so its cat settles there.
2. Every free square of the rose patch sits in column 2, so the rose cat must come from there and the rest of column 2 can be crossed out. Row 1 only has free squares inside the yellow patch, so that patch's cat is spoken for and its squares outside the line can be crossed out. Cat 2 of 6: the only free square left in row 2 is column 6, so the cat goes there.
3. Cat 3 of 6: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 5, so its cat settles there.
4. Cat 4 of 6: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 2, so its cat settles there.
5. Cat 5 of 6: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 3, so its cat settles there.
6. Cat 6 of 6: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 4, so its cat settles there.