A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Sun, 10 Mar '24
Cyrillic letter pronounced like the "zz" of "pizza"
Sun, 15 Oct '23
When doubled, a fly
Mon, 17 Jul '23
China's Mao ___-tung
Fri, 17 Feb '23
First letter of "tsar" in Russian
Tue, 14 Jun '22
"The Waste Land" author's monogram
Sat, 2 Oct '21
Lao-___
Sat, 5 Jun '21
Brand of cashmere pronounced "say"
Tue, 16 Feb '21
Literary monogram