A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ENTRY

Tue, 9 May '23
Raffle ticket, e.g.
Sat, 8 Apr '23
Unit of logs
Sun, 8 Jan '23
Portion of a log
Mon, 27 Jun '22
Submission to a contest
Sat, 20 Nov '21
Certain record
Mon, 25 Jan '21
Contest attempt