A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

INSET

Sat, 2 Sep '23
Like Staten Island on a New York City subway map
Mon, 8 May '23
Map box
Fri, 6 Jan '23
Like Alaska on a U.S. map, often
Wed, 16 Nov '22
Small box on a map
Thu, 11 Aug '22
Map detail
Tue, 5 Apr '22
Piece of material used to strengthen a garment
Sun, 26 Dec '21
Place, as ceramic tiles
Tue, 9 Nov '21
Zoomed-in map
Thu, 25 Feb '21
Map feature