A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SPEC

Fri, 22 Nov '24
___ script (screenwriter's pitch)
Wed, 6 Nov '24
Required word count for a freelance article, e.g.
Mon, 7 Oct '24
Blueprint detail
Mon, 9 Sep '24
Blueprint detail, in brief
Sat, 4 May '24
Dimension, e.g.
Thu, 7 Mar '24
Design deet
Mon, 22 Jan '24
Display size or camera res, e.g.
Tue, 10 Oct '23
Blueprint detail
Mon, 19 Jun '23
Blueprint detail, in brief
Fri, 24 Mar '23
Bit of design info
Fri, 27 Jan '23
Area of a room, e.g.
Sun, 28 Aug '22
3 ft. x 5 ft., e.g.
Sat, 16 Jul '22
Something you might write on
Mon, 13 Jun '22
Blueprint detail
Sun, 29 May '22
Bit of "deets"
Sat, 21 May '22
Kind of sheet
Sat, 30 Apr '22
Writing is sometimes done on it
Mon, 27 Dec '21
Technical detail, for short
Thu, 22 Jul '21
Particular, for short
Wed, 9 Jun '21
De-tailed detail?
Tue, 12 Jan '21
Building detail