A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

NEWS

Mon, 3 Nov '25
Word made up of the four main compass points
Sun, 17 Aug '25
Anchors provide this
Sat, 12 Aug '23
None of it is good, in an aphorism
Thu, 20 Apr '23
___ crawl
Sat, 1 Oct '22
It's broken by hounds
Wed, 21 Sep '22
The "-spel" of "gospel," etymologically
Fri, 18 Feb '22
"Any ___?"
Fri, 15 Oct '21
What breaks as it first comes out
Sat, 19 Jun '21
"What's the ___?"
Thu, 28 Jan '21
None of it is good, as the saying goes
Thu, 7 Jan '21
What's happening