A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

BAR

Tue, 2 Apr '24
Unit of phone service
Thu, 28 Mar '24
Where tabs are kept
Thu, 8 Feb '24
Unit of cellphone reception
Sun, 31 Dec '23
Forbid
Wed, 13 Dec '23
Speakeasy, basically
Fri, 1 Sep '23
Form of some soaps
Tue, 27 Jun '23
Classic joke locale
Sun, 14 May '23
Chocolatier's unit
Mon, 27 Feb '23
Tavern
Fri, 4 Nov '22
One isn't good for cellphone service
Fri, 21 Oct '22
Manhattan purveyor
Mon, 10 Oct '22
Belly up to the ___
Wed, 7 Sep '22
Place people walk into for jokes?
Sat, 20 Aug '22
It's raised by the best
Wed, 3 Aug '22
Mars ___
Sat, 30 Jul '22
Keep out
Wed, 15 Sep '21
Prohibit
Tue, 29 Jun '21
Keep out
Tue, 22 Jun '21
Piece of limbo equipment