A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

RIG

Mon, 19 Aug '24
Oil-drilling apparatus
Tue, 5 Mar '24
Equip for sailing
Sun, 25 Feb '24
Fix
Wed, 3 Jan '24
See 30-Across
Thu, 9 Nov '23
Fix unfairly
Mon, 25 Sep '23
Oil-drilling structure
Fri, 17 Mar '23
Carriage with its horse
Sat, 17 Dec '22
Fix
Fri, 9 Sep '22
Computer custom-built for playing games, in slang
Mon, 20 Jun '22
18-wheeler
Tue, 14 Dec '21
Oil-drilling structure
Wed, 8 Sep '21
Semi
Sat, 24 Jul '21
Camera setup
Sun, 18 Jul '21
Outfit
Sun, 31 Jan '21
Oil field sight