I'd like to get better sensitivity at reading for puns/wordplay. For example, noticing that "proper tea" sounds like "property" ... any tips/tricks for developing this sensitivity?
Used to do the Times of India one in college. Recently did the NYT one for a while, but it's only occasionally and partially cryptic. Is there a good brit one you recommend? Medium hard/not too UK-centric, and preferably free?
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Also, I think this is the primary appeal of writers like Pratchett. It's like he went to perverse lengths in service of really shallow wordplay, but sometimes it puts you in bizarre map-territory weirdness states.
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This general pattern of going to ridiculous lengths in support of some extremely 'childish' goal seems to occur over and over with great writers. I feel like much of Wodehouse's writing style is explained by this.
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