A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ERASER

Tue, 20 May '25
Chalk accompanier
Sat, 2 Nov '24
What might remove all of your problems?
Thu, 21 Dec '23
This might get the word out
Sat, 12 Aug '23
Rubber
Fri, 26 May '23
Teacher's sleeve, in a pinch
Fri, 12 May '23
Mistake fixer
Sun, 5 Mar '23
Need for a tough crossword, perhaps
Tue, 12 Apr '22
One might take off a few marks
Sun, 28 Nov '21
It gets the lead out