A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

NATE

Sun, 18 Jan '26
"Big" comic protagonist
Fri, 19 Dec '25
Silver of the Silver Bulletin
Sun, 19 Oct '25
Main antagonist on HBO's "Euphoria"
Sun, 2 Jun '24
"Great" child detective
Mon, 31 Jul '23
"Great" detective of kid-lit
Sun, 25 Dec '22
Rapper ___ Dogg
Wed, 26 Oct '22
___ the Great (sleuth of kid-lit)
Sun, 14 Aug '22
Statistician Silver
Thu, 6 May '21
Stand-up comedian Bargatze