A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

DENSE

Thu, 14 Mar '24
Like lead or gold, notably
Thu, 19 Oct '23
Mentally slow
Sun, 3 Sep '23
Slow to catch on
Sun, 27 Aug '23
Like flourless cake
Mon, 21 Aug '23
Opposite of sparse
Fri, 24 Mar '23
Like the element osmium
Thu, 9 Feb '23
Like a neutron star
Wed, 21 Dec '22
Like flourless cake
Sun, 27 Nov '22
Like dumbbells
Tue, 15 Nov '22
Slow on the uptake
Tue, 23 Nov '21
Tightly packed
Fri, 23 Jul '21
Junglelike
Thu, 25 Feb '21
Impenetrable