A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

CHI

Tue, 25 Jul '23
City with two M.L.B. teams
Fri, 12 May '23
Letter after phi
Wed, 12 Apr '23
Life energy
Wed, 15 Feb '23
Letter after phi
Sun, 1 Jan '23
Home of more than one M.L.B. team
Thu, 29 Dec '22
X
Tue, 6 Dec '22
Letter before psi
Mon, 5 Dec '22
X, to Greeks
Sun, 20 Nov '22
X
Sun, 30 Oct '22
Ho ___ Minh
Wed, 14 Sep '22
Midwestern metropolis, informally
Sun, 4 Sep '22
X
Thu, 21 Jul '22
N.L. Central team, on scoreboards
Mon, 28 Feb '22
Ho ___ Minh City
Tue, 8 Feb '22
___-Town (Windy City)
Fri, 25 Jun '21
X
Sun, 9 May '21
X
Tue, 27 Apr '21
Second letter before omega
Sun, 7 Mar '21
Life force, in China
Wed, 20 Jan '21
___-Town (Midwest hub)