Puzzle Notes

Hello all! Time once again for one of our off-week offerings, a mini cryptic by Stella Zawistowski. As usual, two different types of hints are available, should you wish to ... uh, avail yourself of them. Next week will be a variety cryptic by me, assuming I finish writing it in time! (I had COVID last week, so I was not really at peak puzzle-writing efficiency. But it was still not as bad as it could've been! Get all your boosters, y'all.)

Edited mini text, let e-mail finish ('3,4,4) --

-- Francis (and the AVCX cryptic crew)