Catdoku level 942 answer and walkthrough

The level 942 board

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

Level 942 answer

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

How to solve level 942, 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. Every free square of the yellow patch sits in row 1, so the yellow cat must come from there and the rest of row 1 can be crossed out. Every free square of the lilac patch sits in row 5, so the lilac cat must come from there and the rest of row 5 can be crossed out. A cat at row 2, column 6 would leave row 1 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 3, column 2 would leave the rose patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 7 would leave row 5 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 4, column 8 would leave row 5 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 6, column 7 would leave row 5 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 6, column 8 would leave row 5 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 7, column 7 would leave the coral patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 6, column 5 would leave the peach patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. A cat at row 8, column 6 would leave the peach patch with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. The peach, aqua and coral patches all squeeze into rows 6, 7 and 8, so those rows are reserved for them; every other square there can be crossed out. The lilac and coral patches all squeeze into columns 7 and 8, so those columns are reserved for them; every other square there can be crossed out. Row 2 only has free squares inside the sky patch, so that patch's cat is spoken for and its squares outside the line can be crossed out. A cat at row 2, column 5 would leave row 1 with no home for its cat, so cross that square out. The yellow and peach patches all squeeze into columns 5 and 6, so those columns are reserved for them; every other square there can be crossed out. Cat 1 of 8: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 4, so its cat settles there.
2. Cat 2 of 8: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 1, so its cat settles there.
3. Cat 3 of 8: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 3, so its cat settles there.
4. Cat 4 of 8: the only free square left in row 6 is column 6, so the cat goes there.
5. Cat 5 of 8: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 5, so its cat settles there.
6. Cat 6 of 8: the lilac patch is down to a single free square at row 5, column 8, so its cat settles there.
7. Cat 7 of 8: the coral patch is down to a single free square at row 8, column 7, so its cat settles there.
8. Cat 8 of 8: the aqua patch is down to a single free square at row 7, column 2, so its cat settles there.