A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

MIME

Thu, 19 Sep '24
Act out
Sun, 15 Jan '23
Act out?
Thu, 12 Jan '23
One who's acting out?
Sun, 2 Oct '22
The brother in 24-Across, for one
Tue, 15 Jun '21
One "trapped" in an invisible box