A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EAGLE

Fri, 16 Feb '24
Boston College athlete
Thu, 4 Jan '24
Bird depicted on a rare penny
Sun, 16 Jul '23
Apollo 11's lunar lander
Sun, 2 Oct '22
Sam the ___ (patriotic Muppet)
Tue, 30 Nov '21
Philadelphia N.F.L.er
Wed, 17 Nov '21
Former U.S. coin worth $10
Mon, 4 Oct '21
Bird on the Mexican flag
Wed, 29 Sep '21
Aerial hunter
Thu, 8 Jul '21
Creature whose eyesight has four to five times the acuity of humans
Tue, 18 May '21
It clutches arrows and an olive branch on the Great Seal
Wed, 28 Apr '21
Two concentric circles, on a golf scorecard
Thu, 31 Dec '20
Two under