A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ABE

Tue, 14 Oct '25
President Lincoln, informally
Fri, 19 Sep '25
Fin
Wed, 20 Aug '25
Only U.S. prez born in Kentucky
Thu, 17 Jul '25
Prez on a penny
Thu, 26 Jun '25
Onetime Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___
Sat, 15 Mar '25
Prez in the '60s
Thu, 13 Mar '25
Face on a fiver
Tue, 25 Feb '25
"The Simpsons" grandfather
Thu, 30 Jan '25
First U.S. prez to be born outside the original 13 Colonies
Wed, 22 Jan '25
19th-century presidential nickname
Mon, 11 Nov '24
Rightmost president on Mount Rushmore, familiarly
Tue, 4 Jun '24
Tallest president in U.S. history, familiarly
Fri, 17 May '24
Longest-serving prime minister of Japan
Tue, 23 Apr '24
$5 bill, slangily
Wed, 27 Mar '24
Honest ___
Tue, 7 Nov '23
$5 bill, slangily
Sun, 1 Oct '23
"The Simpsons" grandpa
Mon, 25 Sep '23
Honest ___ (Lincoln)
Tue, 22 Aug '23
1860s presidential nickname
Fri, 18 Aug '23
Fiver
Thu, 3 Aug '23
Onetime presidential nickname
Fri, 16 Jun '23
Saperstein who founded the Harlem Globetrotters
Sun, 30 Apr '23
Only prez to receive a patent
Thu, 23 Mar '23
Whose sculpture faces a 2,000-foot-long reflecting pool, familiarly
Thu, 12 Jan '23
Shinzo ___, Japan's longest-serving prime minister
Tue, 27 Dec '22
"Honest" guy on a five
Tue, 7 Jun '22
Fiver
Sun, 27 Mar '22
Former Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___
Sun, 20 Mar '22
Face on a penny, familiarly
Fri, 11 Mar '22
"The Simpsons" grandfather
Wed, 29 Dec '21
First prez to have a 60-Across
Thu, 16 Dec '21
Figure on a fiver
Thu, 2 Dec '21
Presidential nickname
Sun, 17 Oct '21
Japanese prime minister before Suga
Thu, 30 Sep '21
Former N.Y.C. mayor Beame
Thu, 11 Mar '21
Fin
Thu, 4 Mar '21
Tony Shalhoub's character on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Fri, 19 Feb '21
Bill that's half a 52-Across, informally
Sun, 24 Jan '21
Longtime Japanese P.M. who stepped down in 2020
Thu, 21 Jan '21
Father on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Wed, 6 Jan '21
Former Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___