A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

PLOT

Tue, 29 Aug '23
Feature of a garden or novel
Tue, 20 Jun '23
What a book review might spoil
Fri, 9 Jun '23
Gunpowder ___ (1605 English conspiracy)
Sat, 6 May '23
Scheme
Thu, 10 Nov '22
What's spelled out, appropriately, after mapping the coordinates indicated by this puzzle's circled letters
Fri, 7 May '21
Kind of device used in filmmaking