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7 results for NERVES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Sep 9, 2023	38D	Whim-whams	Robert S. Gard
Fri Feb 10, 2023	39D	Butterflies	Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris
Thu Jul 5, 2012	13D	Big game day feeling	Ian Livengood
Fri May 12, 2006	20A	The whim-whams	David Quarfoot
Fri Mar 7, 1997	9D	Anxiousness	Jeff Herrington
Sun Apr 3, 1994	33D	Jitters	Ernie Furtado
Sun Nov 21, 1993	65D	Anxiety	Peter Gordon

1 result for NERVES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Mar 9, 2003	Acrostic	Q	Jitters	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

26 results for NERVES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 30, 1987	38A	Hysteria	Vaughn Keith	Maleska
Wed Jan 9, 1985	51D	Hysteria	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Mon Jun 23, 1980	46D	Hysteria	Raymond F. Eisner	Maleska
Mon Dec 24, 1979	46D	Jitters	Martha J. DeWitt	Maleska
Wed May 3, 1978	5D	Neurologist's specialty	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Tue Aug 9, 1977	10A	___ of steel	Jim Page	Maleska
Sat Oct 25, 1975	53A	Impulse transmitters	Louise Earnest	Weng
Sun Mar 9, 1969	79A	Jitters.	A. J. Santora	Weng
Sat Nov 11, 1967	49D	State of emotional tension.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jan 29, 1966	12D	Gives courage to.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 6, 1964	51A	Get on one's ___.	Will Weng	Farrar
Fri Apr 7, 1961	38D	Gives courage to.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jan 17, 1961	48D	Get on one's ___.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jul 24, 1958	7D	Gives courage to.	Lois Hillis	Farrar
Sun May 4, 1958	77A	Gives vigor to.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Sep 29, 1957	92D	War of ___.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sat Feb 9, 1957	4D	Gives courage to.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Fri Apr 20, 1956	49A	Imparts courage.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Fri Apr 22, 1955	46D	Gives courage to.	Helen Barnard	Farrar
Sat Feb 14, 1953	39D	War of ___.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 28, 1952	62D	One kind of war.	Evelyn E. Smith	Farrar
Sun Jun 8, 1952	77D	War of ___.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Tue Mar 27, 1951	5D	War of ___.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 25, 1945	17D	Hysteria.	Lester Keene	Farrar
Sun Aug 6, 1944	18D	War of ___.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Apr 5, 1942	75A	"The song that ___ a nation's heart"—Tennyson.	J. C. Doesburg	Farrar

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