A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Sun, 19 Oct '25
Mexicali mister
Sat, 30 Aug '25
Title typically abbreviated to its first and last letters
Sun, 9 Mar '25
"___ Mouse," Chick Corea jazz standard of 1972
Tue, 16 Jul '24
Herr : German :: ___ : Spanish
Sun, 7 Apr '24
Mérida mister
Wed, 20 Mar '24
Title with a tilde
Sun, 31 Dec '23
Toledan title
Thu, 29 Sep '22
"El ___ de los Anillos" (translation of a Tolkien title)
Thu, 28 Apr '22
Title for Don Quixote
Sat, 22 May '21
Many a Madrileño