A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EDGES

Fri, 2 Feb '24
Beats in a photo finish, say
Wed, 15 Nov '23
Outer limits
Sun, 15 Oct '23
Cube's 12
Wed, 10 May '23
Outer boundaries
Sat, 15 Apr '23
Barely beats
Tue, 8 Nov '22
12 parts of a dodecagon
Thu, 23 Jun '22
There are 30 on an icosahedron
Thu, 23 Dec '21
Beats (out)
Sun, 24 Oct '21
There are 24 in a cuboctahedron
Tue, 24 Aug '21
Pyramids typically have eight of them
Wed, 14 Jul '21
Cusps
Sun, 7 Mar '21
Narrowly beats (out)