A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

AFRO

Thu, 16 May '24
Musical lead-in to beat
Sun, 7 Apr '24
___ Nation (annual music festival)
Wed, 12 Jul '23
Natural hairstyle
Wed, 8 Feb '23
Do for Billy Preston, once
Tue, 29 Nov '22
Style featuring natural curl
Mon, 8 Aug '22
Hairstyle that may be parted and tied into two puffs
Sun, 3 Apr '22
Prefix with futurism
Tue, 15 Feb '22
Prefix with futurism
Sun, 6 Feb '22
Prefix with futurism
Fri, 29 Oct '21
Hairstyle for 2-Down
Wed, 15 Sep '21
Prefix with futurism
Thu, 15 Jul '21
Prefix with beat or futurism
Wed, 23 Jun '21
Hairstyle for Audre Lorde
Wed, 26 May '21
Hairstyle for Billy Preston
Sun, 7 Mar '21
Musical prefix with beat
Tue, 5 Jan '21
Big do