A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Wed, 2 Jul '25
___ salad
Sun, 25 May '25
Kind of salad with bacon and hard-boiled eggs
Sun, 25 Aug '24
Kind of salad with hard-boiled eggs
Tue, 16 Apr '24
Kind of salad that sounds like it should include corn
Fri, 3 Mar '23
Ballplayer known as "The Georgia Peach"
Thu, 21 Oct '21
Jazz drummer Jimmy