![]() "I don't have enough room and this puzzle is hard." ![]() "What's all that for?" She replied, pointing to my worksheet. "No, this isn't football, this is a puzzle," I said, showing her the little newsprint copy. A lady asked me yesterday which football pool I was working on. I've already had people give me looks on the train, with my big 8-1/2" x 11" Sudoku grid. Just more tools to lug around in my backpack. I'm thinking that trying a green, blue, black pencil to strike possibilities after major milestones might help with a roadmap. I've also tried using a 'backslash' to cross out a possibility after reaching a certain point, but I don't always remember. I write down the major milestones that led me to my logic (e.g. ![]() By the time I get done with a "Medium" or "Hard" puzzle, I've got so many eraser smudges and pencil smears on my paper, I really can't tell what was done when. Being a member here has taught me that not only do you have to solve the puzzle, but you oughta be able to take someone else on a step-by-step journey of your solution. While explanations of the 'coloring' technique are something akin to Cantonese to me, I'm trying to figure out a way to visibly backtrack my progress. If I can find some that erase well, I'm also toying with the idea of beginning to solve with a few different colored pencils. ![]() I write the supplied numbers down in red pen. Ever the draftsman, I made mine out of graph paper and (2) different thicknesses of Sharpie pen. ![]()
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