I’d like to solve more on row 3, so I’m going to try some different techniques and starting words. Tomorrow I’ll used paired words for row 1 and 2 (in the hope of eliminating more words) and see how that goes.
@PhilipKing that is essentially what I do with paired start words. It generally works well for me. (and I’m not trying to one up you here, just backing up my statement that the paired start words approach has worked well for me)