A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EVA

Fri, 2 Feb '24
Lead role of a 1979 Broadway hit
Tue, 5 Dec '23
Longoria of "Desperate Housewives"
Fri, 11 Aug '23
Actress Longoria
Tue, 18 Jul '23
Mendes of "2 Fast 2 Furious"
Tue, 6 Jun '23
Actress Longoria
Tue, 31 Jan '23
"Deliver Us From ___" (2003 rom-com)
Wed, 7 Dec '22
Little ___, who sang "The Loco-Motion"
Thu, 20 Oct '22
Actress Mendes
Thu, 22 Sep '22
Actress Noblezada who got a Grammy for "Hadestown"
Fri, 8 Jul '22
With 45-Down, pre-marriage name of a 1940s-'50s first lady
Thu, 30 Jun '22
Actress Mendes
Tue, 21 Jun '22
Señora Perón
Sun, 29 May '22
Actress Green of "Casino Royale"
Sat, 26 Feb '22
Actress Noblezada of Broadway's "Hadestown"
Thu, 18 Nov '21
Marcille who won "America's Next Top Model"
Sun, 3 Oct '21
One of the Gabor sisters
Wed, 28 Jul '21
Señora Perón
Sun, 18 Jul '21
NASA spacewalk
Sat, 5 Jun '21
NASA spacewalk, for short
Sun, 7 Feb '21
Perón of politics
Fri, 29 Jan '21
Spacewalk, e.g., in NASA shorthand
Tue, 19 Jan '21
Perón of Argentina
Sun, 17 Jan '21
Green on the screen
Thu, 7 Jan '21
Actress Mendes
Mon, 4 Jan '21
Longoria of "Desperate Housewives"