A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

NONE

Sun, 24 Sep '23
Multiple choice option
Sun, 2 Jul '23
Zero
Thu, 27 Apr '23
Zip
Thu, 6 Apr '23
Survey choice
Wed, 15 Mar '23
What the fourth little piggy had
Sun, 23 Oct '22
How many U.N. members have names starting with "W"
Sat, 15 Oct '22
Choice of one who's too hard to please
Sat, 10 Sep '22
Bottommost check box, perhaps
Wed, 7 Sep '22
"And Then There Were ___"
Thu, 28 Jul '22
Abstainer's amount
Tue, 18 Jan '22
Zero
Sun, 14 Nov '21
Bar ___
Sat, 16 Oct '21
Zip
Sun, 10 Oct '21
"___ for me, thanks"
Tue, 20 Jul '21
Zero