It is a deliberate choice to make the puzzle flow better by having more small connecting words that you can quickly fill in as a starting point, and ideally more sentence-y syntax you can lean on to work out the structure rather than undifferentiated noun-pile headline.
I’m surprised you think it’s more difficult as a sentence than a headline, can you explain more?
I agree it’s not ideal as a headline, and yes, my excuse is they have a different style guide in Yliad, haha.