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title: "Cross-sums puzzles: free printable with answers"
description: "Free printable cross-sums puzzles with answers. Cross-sums is the classic name for Kakuro, a crossword grid of digit sums. Print with the completed grid."
source: "https://www.oncebooks.com/kakuro/cross-sums"
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3. Cross-sums

Free printable

# Cross-sums Kakuro

Cross-sums is the older name for Kakuro, from the way each clue is the sum across or down a run of cells. Fill the runs with distinct digits that add up to their clues, with no repeat in a run. Each one here has exactly one solution.

PuzzleDesign

Difficulty

Bigger grids and longer runs are harder. Every puzzle has one solution.

6×6 grid. Fill each run with distinct digits 1 to 9 that add up to its clue.

Theme

ClassicBoldSoftShadedNavyIndigoSkyTealEmeraldForestPlumBerryCrimsonEmberAmberCocoa

**Customise colours**

Numbers

Cell lines

Box lines

Page background

Style

StandardClean

Clean drops the title band and footer, leaving the grid.

Generate puzzlePrint / save PDF

Two pages: the puzzle and its completed grid. Every puzzle has one solution, checked by the same engine as our KDP studio.

## Want the whole book?

This makes one puzzle. Sign up to turn it into a full Kakuro book for Amazon KDP: hundreds of graded cross-sums puzzles at any trim, as print-ready PDFs.

[Build the full book](https://app.oncebooks.com/publisher-studio/kakuro)

Free to build · pay once to export

Preview

The puzzle and its completed grid, as they print.

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  Puzzle
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  Solution

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## Making a whole Kakuro book?

This page makes one puzzle. To publish a book on Amazon KDP, the [KDP Kakuro maker](https://www.oncebooks.com/kdp-kakuro-maker) generates hundreds of graded puzzles at any trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF. Generate once, export unlimited sizes.

## More printable Kakuro

- [Kakuro for beginners](https://www.oncebooks.com/kakuro/for-beginners)
- [Easy Kakuro](https://www.oncebooks.com/kakuro/easy)
- [Medium Kakuro](https://www.oncebooks.com/kakuro/medium)
- [Hard Kakuro](https://www.oncebooks.com/kakuro/hard)
- [Large Kakuro](https://www.oncebooks.com/kakuro/large)

[See every printable Kakuro](https://www.oncebooks.com/kakuro)

## Questions

**Are these cross-sums puzzles free to print?**

Yes. Generate the puzzle above and print it with its answer, at no cost and with no sign-up. It is free for classroom, home and personal use.

**Does every puzzle have one solution?**

Yes. Every puzzle is run through a solver so the clues fix exactly one grid of digits, verified before it prints. The answer is on the second page.

**Can I make a Kakuro book to sell on KDP?**

Yes. The free tool makes one puzzle. The KDP Kakuro maker generates hundreds of graded puzzles at any KDP trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and solutions PDF, so you can publish a book.