A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SCENE

Sun, 26 Jan '25
Part of an act
Sun, 28 Apr '24
Tableau
Mon, 12 Feb '24
Big public argument
Thu, 26 Oct '23
"A-a-a-and … ___!"
Mon, 19 Jun '23
Part of an act
Wed, 5 Apr '23
Final word from a director
Thu, 19 Jan '23
Clip component
Mon, 19 Dec '22
Landscape, e.g.
Fri, 28 Oct '22
Segment made of lines
Mon, 18 Jul '22
Part of an act
Thu, 6 Jan '22
Last word in an improv show
Tue, 23 Nov '21
Part of an act
Sun, 10 Oct '21
Embarrassing public episode
Fri, 10 Sep '21
"A-a-a-and ___!"
Fri, 4 Jun '21
Spectacle