Cryptic clues and clubs echo a bygone initiation lore
The Twizzler column recalls young peoples clubs and secret societies with odd initiation demands such as scrambling on the floor. It notes paddles for noncompliance, promises no paddle but scrambled letters to form terms, and ends with a burglar story and a jab at education and literacy in distant lands.
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