NY Times Crossword
July 11, 2019
Alex Eaton-Salners

Each word or phrase  in Column I can be paired up with a word or phrase in Column II according to a certain pattern. What is it?

Column I               Column II

RED ROOT        SAINT PETER
DIAPER             EXISTING
WENT ON         AVENGED
NAME TAG       CUSTOMIZED

Answers:

Each word in Column I can be read backward to get a new word. (The are perfect anagrams.) A definition for the new word can be found in Column II:

RED ROOT - TO ORDER - CUSTOMIZED
DIAPER - REPAID - AVENGED
WENT ON - NOT NEW - EXISTING
NAME TAG - GATE MAN - SAINT PETER