A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

LUCY

Mon, 13 Jan '25
Football holder in "Peanuts"
Fri, 21 Jun '24
Nickname for a 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus skeleton discovered in 1974
Sat, 25 May '24
"Anne of Green Gables" author ___ Maud Montgomery
Mon, 20 Nov '23
"Peanuts" character who pranks Charlie Brown with a football
Sun, 3 Sep '23
Titular love object on old TV
Fri, 16 Sep '22
Leading role in "Being the Ricardos"
Fri, 13 May '22
Liu of "Why Women Kill"