NY Times Crossword

March 16, 2025

Paul Coulter 

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Each pair of words below can be matched with a different word that is related to both of them according to a certain pattern. Can you determine what the pattern is?

 

1. ORANGE - BEAUTY

2. COMPANY - HANGERS

3. COFFEE - THE DAY

4. PASSING - WAS DEAD 

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Puzzle title:

Have It Both Ways

 

Answers:

 

Each pair shares a word that goes with one of them when spelled normally, and with the other when the letters are reversed: 

 

1. ORANGE PEELS - BEAUTY SLEEP

2. PARTS COMPANY - STRAP HANGERS 

3. DECAF COFFEE - FACED THE DAY

4. PASSING NOTES - WAS DEAD SET ON