A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Tue, 1 Jul '25
Supped
Thu, 26 Jun '25
Downed
Sun, 15 Jun '25
Took the cake?
Tue, 10 Jun '25
Devoured
Mon, 9 Jun '25
Did something exceptionally well, in slang
Sun, 25 May '25
Loved, loved, loved, with "up"
Mon, 19 May '25
Chowed down
Thu, 24 Apr '25
Verb that sounds like a number ... and is a letter backward
Mon, 21 Apr '25
Had dinner
Sat, 12 Apr '25
Did amazingly, in slang
Fri, 4 Apr '25
Made a fast break?
Wed, 2 Apr '25
Broke bread
Thu, 20 Feb '25
Cleared one's plate, say
Sun, 26 Jan '25
Suffix with emir
Mon, 20 Jan '25
Had a meal
Mon, 13 Jan '25
Chewed and swallowed
Sun, 12 Jan '25
Downed
Tue, 24 Dec '24
Enjoyed a gingerbread man, say
Thu, 24 Oct '24
Had beef, perhaps
Tue, 8 Oct '24
Supped on
Wed, 25 Sep '24
Got down
Tue, 24 Sep '24
Sampled a beet, say
Tue, 20 Aug '24
Had a ball ... a meatball, that is
Mon, 12 Aug '24
Chowed down
Sun, 4 Aug '24
Got down
Mon, 29 Jul '24
Polished off
Tue, 16 Jul '24
Noshed
Wed, 12 Jun '24
"Yesterday, I ___ a clock. It was very time-consuming!" (example of a 1-Across)
Sun, 2 Jun '24
Did a great job on, in modern slang
Tue, 28 May '24
Dined
Mon, 6 May '24
Had food
Wed, 17 Apr '24
Had a meal
Wed, 3 Apr '24
Cleared the dishes?
Mon, 18 Mar '24
Took in some takeout?
Fri, 8 Mar '24
Suffix with liquid
Wed, 17 Jan '24
Eroded, with "away"
Sat, 23 Dec '23
___ and ran
Mon, 11 Dec '23
Consumed
Sat, 2 Dec '23
Took something with a grain of salt, maybe
Sun, 29 Oct '23
Did a great job, in Gen Z lingo
Sun, 22 Oct '23
Past-tense verb that sounds like a number
Tue, 17 Oct '23
Cleared one's plate, say
Sun, 8 Oct '23
Snacked on
Tue, 22 Aug '23
Gobbled
Sun, 30 Jul '23
Loved, loved, loved, with "up"
Wed, 7 Jun '23
Inhaled, so to speak
Mon, 8 May '23
Devoured
Fri, 21 Apr '23
Took in
Wed, 5 Apr '23
Noshed
Fri, 24 Mar '23
Had
Sun, 5 Mar '23
Made a fast stop?
Sat, 18 Feb '23
Had a date, maybe
Sat, 11 Feb '23
Greatly enjoyed, with "up"
Sat, 4 Feb '23
Didn't go fast?
Mon, 9 Jan '23
Noshed
Tue, 3 Jan '23
Supped
Mon, 2 Jan '23
"Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 ___ 9!"
Wed, 7 Dec '22
Scarfed down
Thu, 10 Nov '22
Apt letters missing from assimil_ _ _d
Mon, 7 Nov '22
Had breakfast, say
Mon, 10 Oct '22
Broke a fast
Tue, 27 Sep '22
Wolfed down
Sat, 10 Sep '22
Absolutely loved, with "up"
Mon, 5 Sep '22
Enjoyed a smorgasbord, say
Wed, 10 Aug '22
Had for lunch
Thu, 4 Aug '22
Put the food away
Sun, 31 Jul '22
Put away
Mon, 11 Jul '22
Brunched, say
Sun, 10 Jul '22
Had a hero, say
Mon, 4 Jul '22
Broke a fast
Thu, 16 Jun '22
Downed
Fri, 27 May '22
Put away
Tue, 3 May '22
Gobbled up
Mon, 2 May '22
Feasted
Fri, 15 Apr '22
Absorbed
Fri, 25 Mar '22
Cleared one's cookies?
Thu, 10 Mar '22
Dug in
Sun, 6 Feb '22
"Thanks, but I already ___"
Fri, 28 Jan '22
Had
Thu, 27 Jan '22
Grazed
Wed, 19 Jan '22
Did some crunches at lunch?
Sun, 2 Jan '22
Homophone of the sum of this clue number's digits
Sun, 5 Dec '21
What seven did to nine, in a joke
Thu, 2 Dec '21
Consumed
Sat, 23 Oct '21
___ and ran
Wed, 6 Oct '21
Consumed
Fri, 1 Oct '21
Put away
Sat, 28 Aug '21
Put away
Thu, 26 Aug '21
Absorbed, as a loss
Sun, 8 Aug '21
Noshed on
Thu, 8 Jul '21
Eroded, with "away"
Tue, 22 Jun '21
Supped
Sun, 20 Jun '21
Put away some groceries?
Tue, 1 Jun '21
Broke bread
Wed, 17 Mar '21
Consumed
Tue, 16 Mar '21
Broke a fast
Mon, 1 Mar '21
Partook of a meal
Tue, 9 Feb '21
Ingested