A few days ago, in one of the threads, someone mentioned the New York Times crossword puzzle. Today, I realized I had a gap in my schedule and had time to work one (something I have not had time to do for a while). One of the answers was ‘nerts’, a term I vaguely remember hearing in some old, black-and-white movie. Is it still usual for the word ‘nerts’ to be used? Or is it, perhaps, slangy? Or is just another one of those, remote, age-old crossword answers, used by the odd cruciverbalist (high, AnnaS!) now and again, which one must face, on occasion?