My strategy is to fill in all possible numbers on each cell and then I look to eliminate. the tiny newspaper size doesn't allow this easily. I'm looking for a blank board I can download and print. (I actually made my own on graph paper and scanned it but wondering if there's something more "professional")
My newspaper just started carrying Sudoku last week so I just started playing and have not been stumped-yet! The first few were so easy I was cocky and got bored but then it published 4 and 5 stars and it got fun.