Worked solutions are powerful when they help you repair a specific gap. They are less helpful when they replace the attempt itself.
Delay the first look
Before opening a solution, write down what the question gives you, what it asks for and one potentially relevant idea. Even an incomplete start gives the explanation something to connect to.
Reveal the smallest useful amount
If hints are available, begin there. A good hint changes your direction without completing the journey. If you need the solution, reveal one stage and try to predict the next.
Compare decisions, not handwriting
Ask why the solution chose its method. Where did it use information from the question? Which line changed the problem into a familiar form? A different valid method is not automatically worse.
Rebuild it from memory
Close the explanation and solve the question again on clean paper. Then change a number or condition and consider which parts of the method remain valid.
The aim of a worked solution is not to make one page look obvious. It is to make the next related problem more approachable without assistance.