Reading Longer Runs
A run of five or six cells allows many combinations, but its extremes do not: five cells adding up to 15 must be 1 to 5, and five cells adding up to 35 must be 5 to 9. Look for those clues first, then for the short runs that cross them, before attacking the open middle of the grid.
What Changes from Easy to Hard
Easy grids keep many clues with a single combination. Medium grids rely on placement: a digit every combination of a run needs, which only one of its cells can still take. Hard grids ask you to list the possible fillings of a run and erase, in each cell, any digit that none of them uses.
A Grid for Every Day
An 8x8 kakuro holds a few dozen white cells: enough for real crossings, still easy to take in at a glance. Print one level for each day of the week, or the whole book at once.