A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

FAIR

Fri, 23 May '25
Upright
Sun, 15 Dec '24
Evenhanded
Mon, 12 Aug '24
One might have farm animals, fried food and a Ferris wheel
Sun, 28 Apr '24
Science exhibition
Thu, 1 Feb '24
Middling
Sun, 17 Dec '23
"Sounds reasonable"
Sat, 2 Sep '23
Susceptible to burning, in a way
Thu, 17 Nov '22
In play
Sun, 24 Jul '22
State ___
Fri, 9 Jul '21
"Not ___!"
Tue, 27 Apr '21
Word repeated in "What's ___ is ___"