A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ONE

Thu, 11 May '23
Word before and after "on," "to" or "by"
Tue, 9 May '23
Soul mate, with "the"
Sun, 26 Mar '23
United
Sat, 25 Mar '23
Only repeat in the Fibonacci sequence
Mon, 20 Mar '23
See 21-Down
Tue, 28 Feb '23
It shares a computer key with an exclamation point
Mon, 27 Feb '23
Number of Q tiles in Scrabble
Sun, 15 Jan '23
Hydrogen's atomic number
Wed, 11 Jan '23
"!" keymate
Fri, 6 Jan '23
What a pointer finger can represent
Sun, 25 Dec '22
I, to Claudius
Mon, 28 Nov '22
Individual
Wed, 23 Nov '22
Sole
Fri, 18 Nov '22
What a raised index finger might represent
Sun, 13 Nov '22
It shares a key with "!"
Tue, 18 Oct '22
1
Sat, 17 Sep '22
Small sample
Wed, 6 Jul '22
The Chiffons' "___ Fine Day"
Sun, 22 May '22
"Good ___!"
Sun, 15 May '22
Partner of only
Mon, 2 May '22
1/2 + 1/2
Tue, 26 Apr '22
Early afternoon hour
Fri, 11 Mar '22
Marine ___
Thu, 3 Mar '22
Small bill
Mon, 17 Jan '22
Number on a foam finger
Sun, 16 Jan '22
Out of gas, informally
Tue, 11 Jan '22
Unified
Thu, 23 Dec '21
Something it's good to get a hole in?
Sun, 28 Nov '21
Only's partner
Sat, 13 Nov '21
With 39-Down, "Wait!"
Tue, 9 Nov '21
Word after square or plus
Wed, 27 Oct '21
What the tangent of 45° is equal to
Sun, 17 Oct '21
With 83-Down, puzzle solver's starting point
Mon, 4 Oct '21
"We're number ___!"
Sun, 5 Sep '21
With 124-Down, feature of van Gogh
Thu, 2 Sep '21
It appears twice in the Fibonacci sequence
Sun, 29 Aug '21
It's represented by a dot in the top-left corner, in Braille
Thu, 12 Aug '21
Common typo for an exclamation point
Sun, 18 Jul '21
Gastric acid, on the pH scale
Tue, 6 Jul '21
Word before "More Night," "More Try" and "More Chance" in Billboard hits
Wed, 16 Jun '21
Unnamed person
Wed, 2 Jun '21
Binary digit
Wed, 26 May '21
Number aptly found in "loner"
Wed, 12 May '21
Number on a foam finger
Wed, 5 May '21
"Take ___"
Mon, 26 Apr '21
Last number in a countdown
Sun, 25 Apr '21
It's 50/50
Mon, 5 Apr '21
Number of Q tiles in Scrabble
Fri, 26 Mar '21
What a raised index finger may stand for
Wed, 17 Mar '21
With 1-Down, the smallest amount
Wed, 24 Feb '21
Number of seasons played by baseball's Seattle Pilots
Sun, 7 Feb '21
Half and half?