A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Fri, 20 Sep '24
Alexander Graham Bell, by birth
Tue, 17 Sep '24
Edinburgher or Glaswegian
Wed, 15 May '24
Byron, by ancestry
Sun, 21 Jan '24
J. M. Barrie, for one
Fri, 22 Sep '23
Macbeth, for one
Mon, 14 Aug '23
Resident of Edinburgh
Tue, 11 Apr '23
Ewan McGregor or Craig Ferguson, by birth
Wed, 15 Mar '23
Voter on a failed 2014 independence referendum
Tue, 28 Feb '23
Edinburgher, for one
Sun, 19 Feb '23
Subject of Queen Mary
Sun, 9 Oct '22
Lady Macduff, e.g.
Fri, 8 Jul '22
Burns, e.g.
Sun, 1 May '22
Scrooge McDuck, for one
Mon, 19 Jul '21
Native of Glasgow, e.g.
Mon, 12 Jul '21
Person who may speak with a brogue
Sun, 21 Mar '21
Firth person?
Mon, 15 Mar '21
Get off ___-free
Mon, 11 Jan '21
Edinburgh native