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Undemanding plus stimulating - basic requirement for reading! (8)

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literacy

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(Other definitions for literacy that I've seen before include "Writer's skill" , "education?" , "I lay cert (anag.)" , "Ability to read and write" , "The 3 Rs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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