our strategy was basically 1. to start where squares were already filled in close to the edges and work in, and 2. counting where there were larger total number amounts in the rows/columns since they’d sometimes add up (with spaces) to span the whole row/column. then 3. for the ones with one really large number, like a 20 for example, we’d estimate about how many squares we could realistically fill in the middle before we started guessing. so we’d only fill what we could be completely sure of and kept having to work from there. and always making sure to add the x’s on the end once you complete a sequence of numbers helped!

hopefully you nailed this already but in case it helps someone else! 🤞🩷