A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SOS

Sun, 13 Oct '24
Castaway's call
Sun, 15 Sep '24
Lost-at-sea plea
Sat, 17 Aug '24
Cry for help
Sun, 4 Aug '24
••• – – – •••
Wed, 3 Apr '24
Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short"
Mon, 1 Jan '24
"Rescue us!"
Thu, 14 Dec '23
A call for help
Tue, 5 Dec '23
"Mayday!"
Sat, 18 Nov '23
Hit song title for Abba or Rihanna
Sat, 14 Oct '23
Adoption of the International Radiotelegraph Convention in 1906
Tue, 3 Oct '23
"Help!"
Wed, 9 Aug '23
Brillo competitor
Tue, 20 Jun '23
Distress call
Thu, 15 Jun '23
Palindromic plea
Sun, 4 Jun '23
"Help!"
Wed, 12 Apr '23
Help line?
Fri, 20 Jan '23
Letters that shouldn't be written big for air rescue (a single V or X is best)
Wed, 4 Jan '23
Letters requesting help
Sat, 3 Dec '22
Kind of pad
Sun, 20 Nov '22
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Mon, 14 Nov '22
Letters spelled out with rocks on a desert island, in cartoons
Sun, 3 Jul '22
Sea plea
Fri, 4 Feb '22
A call for help
Tue, 26 Oct '21
Castaway's "Help!"
Wed, 1 Sep '21
Message often written in large letters
Mon, 23 Aug '21
"Help!"
Tue, 10 Aug '21
[Send assistance!]
Thu, 1 Jul '21
Rihanna's first #1 single
Mon, 17 May '21
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Mon, 25 Jan '21
Emergency call in Morse code
Wed, 20 Jan '21
Brillo rival
Sun, 27 Dec '20
Brand of pads