A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

BOSS

Fri, 15 Aug '25
Person with fire power
Thu, 10 Jul '25
Freelancer's lack
Fri, 9 May '25
First-rate, in slang
Sun, 17 Nov '24
Push (around)
Tue, 20 Aug '24
Final opponent in a video game level
Sun, 4 Aug '24
One who manages to get by?
Sun, 15 Oct '23
Final opponent in many a video game
Mon, 21 Aug '23
Office leader
Sat, 8 Jul '23
Video game hurdle
Thu, 13 May '21
Top dog