A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

GUT

Sat, 15 Jul '23
Tear down to the studs
Sun, 2 Jul '23
___ check
Fri, 11 Nov '22
Stomach
Sun, 17 Jul '22
Instinctive
Sun, 22 May '22
Destroy internally
Mon, 11 Apr '22
Kind of reaction or instinct
Sun, 18 Apr '21
___ reaction
Sat, 20 Feb '21
Make extremely upset