NYT Puzzle Has This and That Theme with Opposite Phrase Pairings
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Today's NYT Strands puzzle has a "this and that" theme with word pairs that are opposites in common phrases
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The spangram linking the two sides is PARTNERS
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Theme words are Trial and Error, Smoke and Mirrors, Give and Take, Peace and Quiet
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Finding the theme was tricky until realizing the structure of opposite phrase pairings
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The author enjoyed the cleverness of separating the paired phrases across the grid