A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ASHEN

Mon, 20 May '24
Very pale
Mon, 29 Apr '24
Pale as a ghost
Fri, 15 Mar '24
Opposite of rubicund
Fri, 26 Jan '24
Unnaturally white
Tue, 12 Dec '23
Very pale
Tue, 17 Oct '23
Deathly pale
Mon, 17 Apr '23
Gray in the face
Fri, 6 Jan '23
Ghostlike, in a way
Sun, 27 Nov '22
Pallid
Sun, 28 Aug '22
Like a vampire's face, stereotypically
Thu, 30 Jun '22
Vampiric in appearance
Tue, 5 Oct '21
Pale
Tue, 20 Jul '21
Like a landscape after a volcanic eruption
Sun, 13 Jun '21
Pallid
Thu, 15 Apr '21
Pale as a ghost
Sat, 20 Mar '21
Hardly rosy