No ITs anywhere.
I'd much rather have a tough clue for NOVA than some random 4-letter entry that has showed up only once in the NYT. Not to mention that right above
NUVA7D___Ring (birth control brand)
[----] , there's a pretty nasty stack of names (one of which crosses
NUVA7D___Ring (birth control brand)
[----] at the N, but the N is pretty gettable if you have everything else).
That one NYT puzzle is a Friday from
2010 that has
NUVA7D___Ring (birth control brand)
[----] stacked with the partial AJET.
Come on.