A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

MEL

Sun, 28 Jul '24
Spice Girl Chisholm, casually
Tue, 9 Apr '24
Nickname shared by two Spice Girls
Tue, 2 Apr '24
Director Brooks
Tue, 12 Mar '24
Blanc who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices"
Thu, 8 Feb '24
Name for two Spice Girls
Thu, 4 Jan '24
Brooks, for one
Sun, 27 Aug '23
Name of two Spice Girls
Mon, 24 Apr '23
Brooks who has won the four EGOT awards
Thu, 10 Nov '22
Giedroyc of "The Great British Bake Off"
Sat, 27 Aug '22
Nickname that elides "vin"
Sat, 30 Jul '22
Nickname that drops "vin"
Wed, 8 Jun '22
Director Brooks
Sun, 2 Jan '22
___ Giedroyc, co-host of "The Great British Bake Off"
Tue, 21 Dec '21
B or C of the Spice Girls
Thu, 9 Dec '21
Brooks with Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards
Wed, 10 Nov '21
Motivational speaker Robbins
Sun, 12 Sep '21
Voice actor Blanc
Fri, 13 Aug '21
Brooks of "Spaceballs"
Sun, 1 Aug '21
___ B or ___ C of the Spice Girls
Wed, 7 Jul '21
First name of two Spice Girls
Sun, 7 Mar '21
Man's name that coincidentally is Latin for "honey"
Wed, 17 Feb '21
___ B or ___ C of the Spice Girls
Tue, 16 Feb '21
Brooks who directed "Blazing Saddles"
Tue, 29 Dec '20
Funnyman Brooks