A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ADAM

Mon, 23 Jun '25
Hollywood's Driver or Sandler
Sat, 26 Apr '25
"East of Eden" role
Fri, 31 Jan '25
Actor DeVine of "Pitch Perfect"
Mon, 9 Dec '24
Politician Schiff or Kinzinger
Sun, 20 Oct '24
Novelist Johnson who won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Mon, 5 Aug '24
Actor Driver
Sun, 9 Jun '24
Leading man?
Mon, 22 Apr '24
Singer Lambert
Sun, 11 Feb '24
Primary person?
Fri, 3 Nov '23
Subject of a first-person narrative
Wed, 23 Aug '23
First lady's husband
Wed, 14 Jun '23
Not know from ___
Tue, 13 Jun '23
Genesis outcast
Sun, 26 Feb '23
First of all
Thu, 9 Feb '23
Only human, briefly
Wed, 30 Nov '22
"House of Gucci" actor Driver
Fri, 18 Nov '22
Guy at the front of a long line
Thu, 13 Oct '22
Mankind, biblically
Fri, 27 May '22
Driver in Hollywood
Wed, 20 Apr '22
Apple consumer with an unhappy story to tell?
Fri, 8 Apr '22
Levine of pop music
Mon, 28 Feb '22
Eve's man
Sun, 23 Jan '22
Driver of film
Fri, 7 Jan '22
Driver in "House of Gucci"
Fri, 26 Nov '21
#1 dad?
Fri, 1 Oct '21
Driver around a lot?
Fri, 3 Sep '21
Congressman Kinzinger
Mon, 19 Jul '21
"Madam, I'm ___" (palindromic greeting)
Thu, 10 Jun '21
Name that derives from the Hebrew word for "earth"
Wed, 9 Jun '21
First person?
Wed, 31 Mar '21
One who raised Cain