A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

TSETSE

Mon, 24 Jun '24
African fly with a reduplicative name
Thu, 29 Feb '24
Safari pest
Sun, 2 Apr '23
African menace
Tue, 15 Mar '22
Tropical African fly
Sun, 13 Mar '22
Fly around Africa
Fri, 28 Jan '22
Literally, "fly," in Setswana
Thu, 13 Jan '22
Kind of fly
Sat, 25 Dec '21
Fly far, far away?