A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SYD

Sun, 7 Jul '24
Qantas hub, on luggage tags
Tue, 7 May '24
Cartoonist Hoff who wrote "Danny and the Dinosaur"
Tue, 2 May '23
Name that's also a major Australian airport code
Fri, 27 Jan '23
Barrett who co-founded Pink Floyd
Thu, 26 Jan '23
Aptly named mascot of the 2000 Olympics
Tue, 27 Dec '22
Name that's hidden in "Easy does it"
Sun, 18 Dec '22
Pink Floyd co-founder Barrett
Mon, 10 Oct '22
Airport code for Australia's largest city
Sun, 25 Sep '22
Qantas hub, on luggage tags
Fri, 22 Oct '21
Children's author/illustrator Hoff
Tue, 2 Mar '21
___ tha Kyd (big name in rap, once)