A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EARS

Wed, 13 Aug '25
Removable Potato Head parts
Thu, 31 Jul '25
Corn units
Tue, 15 Jul '25
Notable features of elves and basset hounds
Sun, 6 Apr '25
Pointy parts of a Batman costume
Tue, 24 Dec '24
Elves have pointy ones
Mon, 23 Dec '24
Q: "Why shouldn't you tell secrets on a farm?" A: "Because the corn has ___!"
Sat, 14 Dec '24
One giveaway for the wolf in "Little Red Riding Hood"
Sun, 3 Nov '24
Sites of conch piercings
Fri, 11 Oct '24
All ___
Sat, 15 Jun '24
Places for rook piercings
Sat, 8 Jun '24
Hoops might hang from them
Wed, 1 May '24
Corn units
Sat, 9 Mar '24
Rabbit ___
Sun, 4 Feb '24
Bunny ___ (photo prank)
Wed, 10 Jan '24
Buds go in them
Mon, 6 Nov '23
Beagles have big ones
Thu, 27 Jul '23
Things that are folded on a Scottish Fold cat
Mon, 24 Jul '23
The African elephant has the largest of these among all animals
Sun, 23 Jul '23
All ___
Sun, 5 Feb '23
Prominent features of Sphynx cats
Sun, 2 Oct '22
Floppy features of basset hounds
Mon, 11 Jul '22
Hearing things?
Tue, 25 Jan '22
Corn units
Mon, 13 Dec '21
Elves have big ones, stereotypically
Tue, 1 Jun '21
Prominent elephant features
Fri, 5 Mar '21
A katydid's are found on its legs, strangely enough