Free printable · Answer key included

Printable 9x9 Crowns (Hard)

Nine-by-nine Crowns grids are long solves with large, twisting regions. Mark the squares that cannot hold a crown as you go, and look for regions squeezed into a few columns.

This first pack has four Crowns puzzles with an answer key on the second page. Each grid has nine colour regions, so nine crowns to place.

How to solve

  • One per line: Each row and each column holds exactly one crown.
  • One per region: Each colour region holds exactly one crown.
  • No touching: Crowns never touch, not even diagonally.
  • Cross off: Mark every square that cannot hold a crown. The last open square in a row, column or region is the crown.

Free to print and copy for home, classroom and library use. Every puzzle has one answer you can reach by logic alone.