A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

TOE

Fri, 9 Feb '24
Place for a ring
Sun, 4 Feb '24
Anatomical stabilizer
Sat, 13 Jan '24
Point en pointe?
Wed, 27 Dec '23
Word before nail or after steel
Sun, 17 Dec '23
Pedicure target
Sun, 13 Aug '23
Low digit
Mon, 12 Jun '23
"Little piggy"
Sun, 4 Jun '23
Part of the Statue of Liberty that's about four feet long
Sun, 28 May '23
What a pump might squeeze
Wed, 17 May '23
Tic-tac finish
Mon, 1 May '23
Sticky part of a tree frog
Sun, 16 Apr '23
Hoof, in part
Tue, 11 Apr '23
Single digit?
Sun, 12 Feb '23
___ drag (hockey maneuver)
Fri, 10 Feb '23
Go ___ to ___
Sun, 18 Dec '22
Turf ___ (football injury)
Thu, 17 Nov '22
Lowest part of a glacier
Mon, 24 Oct '22
"Little piggy" in a nursery rhyme
Thu, 1 Sep '22
Corn spot
Tue, 2 Aug '22
Little dipper?
Mon, 4 Jul '22
"This little piggy"
Wed, 22 Jun '22
When you're on it, you're en pointe
Tue, 21 Jun '22
Piggy, in a nursery rhyme
Fri, 17 Jun '22
One out of 10
Sun, 27 Feb '22
The third of three X's
Sun, 21 Nov '21
Pool tester
Sat, 30 Oct '21
Corn's place
Mon, 4 Oct '21
Little piggy
Wed, 22 Sep '21
Low digit?
Mon, 20 Sep '21
Sticky part of a gecko
Mon, 30 Aug '21
End of a shoe
Wed, 18 Aug '21
"Piggy"
Tue, 17 Aug '21
See 26-Across
Thu, 29 Jul '21
Point of a dancer who's en pointe
Mon, 12 Jul '21
Part of the body that's stubbed
Fri, 2 Jul '21
The point of 9-Down?
Fri, 25 Jun '21
Stub hub?
Mon, 29 Mar '21
What a ballerina twirls on
Sun, 21 Mar '21
___ the line
Thu, 11 Feb '21
Part of Italy where Calabria is found