A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ISLES

Sun, 24 Mar '24
Sweden has more than 200,000 of them (of which only 1,000 are inhabited)
Sat, 19 Aug '23
Key chain
Mon, 10 Apr '23
St. Croix and St. Thomas, for two
Sat, 4 Mar '23
Makeup of some chains
Sat, 19 Nov '22
British ___
Thu, 19 May '22
Lands in the ocean
Sat, 23 Oct '21
Some vacation getaways
Sun, 20 Jun '21
St. Kitts, St. Lucia and St. Vincent
Wed, 17 Mar '21
Parts of some chains