A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

DAVE

Thu, 20 Feb '25
Only character shown in the final 30 minutes of "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Fri, 29 Nov '24
Half of a noted arcade pair
Sun, 10 Mar '24
Protagonist in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Fri, 17 Mar '23
Rocker Grohl
Sun, 29 Jan '23
"I'm sorry, ___, I'm afraid I can't do that" (line from HAL in "2001")