A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SEA

Wed, 28 Aug '24
Site of many wrecks
Sun, 18 Aug '24
Sub domain
Tue, 23 Jul '24
"Under the ___" (Oscar-winning song from "The Little Mermaid")
Thu, 18 Jul '24
Siren's setting
Wed, 1 May '24
Mediterranean or Baltic
Thu, 18 Apr '24
Limitless quantity
Wed, 27 Mar '24
___ green
Wed, 13 Mar '24
Whatever floats your boat!
Wed, 6 Mar '24
Domain of SpongeBob SquarePants
Sat, 27 Jan '24
Word with power or change
Fri, 19 Jan '24
Domain of the god Triton
Thu, 9 Nov '23
With 45-Across, Northwest airport, in brief
Tue, 20 Jun '23
Milieu for snorkeling
Sun, 4 Jun '23
Multitude
Tue, 30 May '23
Pirate's domain
Wed, 24 May '23
Word with level or legs
Sun, 14 May '23
Last word in "America the Beautiful"
Wed, 3 May '23
The Kraken, on scoreboards
Sat, 29 Apr '23
Domain of the Norse god Njord
Tue, 21 Feb '23
The moon's ___ of Tranquillity
Fri, 17 Feb '23
What "Moana" means in Hawaiian
Fri, 10 Feb '23
Source of salt
Mon, 30 Jan '23
Dolphin's home
Thu, 19 Jan '23
___ change (profound transformation)
Fri, 16 Dec '22
Domain of Thetis, in Greek myth
Sun, 13 Nov '22
Vast quantity
Thu, 20 Oct '22
Coral ___
Fri, 27 May '22
Jacques Cousteau's milieu
Fri, 13 May '22
Body with a floor
Tue, 19 Apr '22
Mermaid's home
Wed, 9 Feb '22
With 48-Across, underwater creature that's certainly not a 48-Across
Sat, 5 Feb '22
Word with bass or bed
Thu, 13 Jan '22
Pirates' domain
Mon, 20 Dec '21
Watery expanse
Sun, 28 Nov '21
Nautilus's locale
Fri, 22 Oct '21
Lead-in to cow or lion
Sun, 12 Sep '21
Word with level or lion
Wed, 25 Aug '21
What floats your boat?
Fri, 13 Aug '21
With 55-Down, oceanographer's aid
Fri, 18 Jun '21
Head for a cow, horse or lion?
Mon, 14 Jun '21
Follower of Red or Dead
Fri, 28 May '21
"Finding Nemo" setting
Sun, 23 May '21
"Dames at ___" (Broadway musical)
Mon, 12 Apr '21
South China ___
Sun, 11 Apr '21
In which you might do a deep dive
Sat, 3 Apr '21
Ending of titles by Jean Rhys and Ernest Hemingway
Sun, 7 Mar '21
Setting for most of "Life of Pi"
Wed, 3 Mar '21
Wine-dark ___, metaphor in Homer's "Odyssey"
Wed, 17 Feb '21
Blue expanse
Mon, 11 Jan '21
Mediterranean, e.g.
Thu, 7 Jan '21
Main
Sun, 27 Dec '20
Red ___