A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Thu, 1 Dec '22
Teri Garr's "Young Frankenstein" role
Sun, 10 Jul '22
Lab assistant in "Young Frankenstein"
Fri, 10 Jun '22
Swenson of "Benson"
Wed, 26 May '21
Scandinavian name whose masculine equivalent ends in "-var"