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What I mean by "hunches" are a form of anticipation. When attacking the questions I often have sections that I do well and finish quick. Others I unable to finish all the questions in time, and do not do as will. Often, doing well is contingent upon quickly anticipating which inference a question is going to test, and or anticipating which answer is most likely correct and tasting that answer first with a diagram. Similarly quickly eliminating the majority of wrong answers without testing them and or giving them much thought (other than they are wrong).

I understand that this topic is not the most straightforward and tangible. I was wondering if there are many good/specific ways to improve this skill of developing hunches. At present, the only I can think of improving this skill is more and more practice and familiarity.

Interesting question. On questions like Must be trues and the like, where it's hard to know which answer to test first, I tend to try the variables that show up in the most rules first. Often times, these prove to be right, because those variables have a lot of limitations surrounding them, and everything else sort of falls into place. Even when they don't work, seeing how that scenario unfolded sometimes gives me insight into which answer to test next. If the first variable didn't test well, for example, I might go the opposite route and try a variable that is a floater or only shows up in one rule.

Another valid strategy is to skip questions like this and come back to them at the end of that game, when you have more scenarios to work with. It may feel counterintuitive at first, but it can save time.