Words: 68
Average Length: 5.51
Difficulty: Like one of those mini golf holes where you need to hit the ball up a slope without letting it go down the other side. Kinda hard, but doable.

This one’s friendly enough, I think. A little geometry, some tennis, a couple of expressions of distaste, one of my favorite childhood toys, and quick nods to the objectively best Steely Dan album and a terrific book by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Please enjoy and pass it along. Next week (Feb. 6), look for a themed puzzle built around some rock classics retitled by their aging performers.