A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ARM

Sun, 29 Jun '25
Twistable piece on Mr. Potato Head
Mon, 28 Apr '25
One of up to 24 on a sunflower sea star
Mon, 21 Apr '25
Contents of a sleeve
Thu, 6 Mar '25
One of eight on a cuttlefish
Fri, 17 Jan '25
Ready to fight
Mon, 30 Dec '24
What a sleeve covers
Fri, 29 Nov '24
"The ___ of the Starfish" (1965 sequel to "A Wrinkle in Time")
Sun, 27 Oct '24
Slot machine lever
Mon, 7 Oct '24
Sleeve filler
Sat, 20 Apr '24
Something to wrestle with
Sun, 31 Mar '24
Spot for a shot
Tue, 5 Mar '24
Inventor David Aguilar built a fully functional prosthetic one from Legos
Sun, 11 Feb '24
Place to find a crook
Fri, 24 Nov '23
Spot for a shot
Mon, 6 Nov '23
Take up weapons
Sat, 14 Oct '23
Word with band or candy
Fri, 22 Sep '23
Throwing ability
Sun, 30 Jul '23
Set, as a security system
Mon, 22 May '23
Upraised part of Lady Liberty
Sun, 21 May '23
Stick for a snowman, say
Tue, 9 May '23
Pitching ability, colloquially
Mon, 24 Apr '23
Word before rest or wrestle
Thu, 13 Apr '23
Branch
Sun, 26 Mar '23
River offshoot
Thu, 9 Mar '23
It may extend a hand
Wed, 23 Nov '22
One of many for the goddess Durga
Fri, 4 Nov '22
Usher's offering
Thu, 20 Oct '22
One of many on a starfish
Tue, 12 Jul '22
Pitcher's asset
Wed, 15 Jun '22
Spot for many a "mom" tattoo
Tue, 31 May '22
One of two akimbo
Wed, 25 May '22
Word after long or strong
Sun, 27 Mar '22
Sleeve filler
Mon, 7 Mar '22
Where the biceps and triceps are found
Thu, 27 Jan '22
Escort's offering
Thu, 18 Nov '21
Vaccination site
Wed, 17 Nov '21
Biceps locale
Tue, 5 Oct '21
Pitching asset
Sun, 9 May '21
Inoculation location
Sun, 2 May '21
Escort's offering
Sat, 1 May '21
Vaccine target
Tue, 20 Apr '21
Sleeve filler
Mon, 22 Mar '21
Locale for the radius and ulna
Thu, 11 Mar '21
In yoga, one side of a triangle formed in triangle pose
Thu, 4 Mar '21
Something to take on a date?
Sun, 7 Feb '21
One of all fours?
Sat, 16 Jan '21
Word before or after strong