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Daily Logic Puzzles: Saturday, February 14, 2026

The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from February 14, with every clue written out, a step-by-step walkthrough, and the final answer.

Each puzzle is a row of locations (Park, Beach, Trail, and so on). Every location holds exactly one item from each category, and the clues tell you how the items relate. Try a puzzle in the game first and open the walkthrough if you get stuck; solutions stay hidden until you click. The longest walkthrough on this date is the 6x6 Hard puzzle, at 49 steps. Difficulty ratings compare each puzzle with every other puzzle of the same size and level, and the hardest daily puzzles so far have their own page. New to these puzzles? Read how to solve logic grid puzzles or the guide to every clue type.

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4x4 Easy: Puzzle #782

6 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 14 solving steps.

●●●●○ Difficulty 4/5: harder than 70% of all 2,500 4x4 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Same location, Different locations, Left of, At a location.

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The setup

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

• Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
• Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
• Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
• Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4
Dogs	Akita
Instruments	Tuba
Junk Food		Ice Cream
Sports				Tennis Ball

Clues

1. The golden retriever is playing ping pong
2. The border collie doesn't like hamburger
3. The ping pong game is left of the clarinet player
4. The cattle dog is playing baseball
5. The dog playing ping pong likes to eat donuts
6. Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the trail

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1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Tennis Ball at the Lake, Tuba at the Park, Ice Cream at the Beach, Akita at the Park.
2. Clue 6: “Someone heard a dog playing trumpet at the trail” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
3. Clue 1: “The golden retriever is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Lake; Ping Pong can't be at the Park.
4. Clue 3: “The ping pong game is left of the clarinet player” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
5. Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Beach.
6. Clue 4: “The cattle dog is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Lake; Baseball can't be at the Park.
7. The Lake still needs one of the dogs, and only one of them can go there. Border Collie goes at the Lake.
8. The Park still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Puck goes at the Park.
9. Clue 2: “The border collie doesn't like hamburger” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Lake.
10. Clue 5: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat donuts” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports; Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
11. Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
12. Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Lake.
13. Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Beach.
14. Clue 1: “The golden retriever is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.

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	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4
Dogs	Akita	Cattle Dog	Golden Retriever	Border Collie
Instruments	Tuba	Guitar	Trumpet	Clarinet
Junk Food	Hamburger	Ice Cream	Donut	Hot Dog
Sports	Puck	Baseball	Ping Pong	Tennis Ball

4x4 Hard: Puzzle #782

6 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 13 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 82% of all 2,500 4x4 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Same location, Two locations between, Left of, Equidistant, At least N apart, Different locations.

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The setup

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

• Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
• Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
• Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
• Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4
Dogs		Border Collie	Akita
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports		Puck	Tennis Ball

Clues

1. One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers
2. The hamburger stand and the golden retriever have two locations between them
3. The border collie is left of the ping pong game
4. The guitar music is equidistant from the golden retriever and the ice cream stand
5. The border collie and the donut stand are at least 2 locations apart
6. The clarinet could not be heard at the ping pong game

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Akita at the Trail, Puck at the Beach, Tennis Ball at the Trail, Border Collie at the Beach.
2. Clue 2: “The hamburger stand and the golden retriever have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Beach or Trail.
3. Clue 1: “One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Beach or Trail.
4. Clue 3: “The border collie is left of the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
5. Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Park.
6. Clue 5: “The border collie and the donut stand are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
7. Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
8. Clue 1: “One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
9. Clue 2: “The hamburger stand and the golden retriever have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
10. Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Park.
11. Clue 6: “The clarinet could not be heard at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Lake.
12. Clue 4: “The guitar music is equidistant from the golden retriever and the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments; Ice Cream must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
13. Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.

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	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4
Dogs	Cattle Dog	Border Collie	Akita	Golden Retriever
Instruments	Tuba	Clarinet	Guitar	Trumpet
Junk Food	Hamburger	Ice Cream	Hot Dog	Donut
Sports	Baseball	Puck	Tennis Ball	Ping Pong

6x6 Easy: Puzzle #782

21 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 35 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 92% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Same location, At the far right, At the far left, Left of, Diagonally adjacent, Next to, At a location.

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The setup

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

• Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever, Lab Mix, Sheltie
• Flowers: Chrysanthemum, Cosmo, Dahlia, Iris, Poppy, Zinnia
• Instruments: Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Tuba
• Junk Food: Donut, French Fries, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream, Pizza
• Sports: Baseball, Football, Ping Pong, Puck, Soccer Ball, Tennis Ball
• Vegetables: Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Garlic, Pepper, Turnip

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs
Flowers			Iris
Instruments			Tuba
Junk Food	Pizza
Sports	Ping Pong
Vegetables

Clues

1. The golden retriever is playing ping pong
2. Someone is playing clarinet at the ping pong game
3. The pepper patch is at the farm
4. Poppies are growing at the park
5. The hockey game and the turnip patch are at the same location
6. The cattle dog plays the saxophone
7. The baseball game is left of the ice cream stand
8. The hockey game and the carrot patch are diagonally adjacent
9. The dog playing football likes to eat ice cream
10. The dahlia garden and the hot dog stand are at the same location
11. Guitar could be heard next to the lab mix
12. The baseball game is next to the chrysanthemum garden
13. The saxophone player is left of the french fries stand
14. The cosmo garden and the hockey game are at the same location
15. The sheltie is left of the broccoli patch
16. One dog is playing piano and eating hamburgers
17. The soccer game is at the snow
18. The cabbage patch is at the park
19. The border collie is having a walk at the snow
20. The hot dog stand is at the farm
21. Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the lake

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Pizza at the Park, Iris at the Trail, Ping Pong at the Park, Tuba at the Trail.
2. Clue 3: “The pepper patch is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
3. Clue 4: “Poppies are growing at the park” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
4. Clue 17: “The soccer game is at the snow” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
5. Clue 18: “The cabbage patch is at the park” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
6. Clue 19: “The border collie is having a walk at the snow” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
7. Clue 20: “The hot dog stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
8. Clue 21: “Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the lake” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
9. Clue 1: “The golden retriever is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
10. Clue 2: “Someone is playing clarinet at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
11. Clue 5: “The hockey game and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Farm; Turnip can't be at the Snow.
12. Clue 6: “The cattle dog plays the saxophone” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Trail or Lake; Saxophone can't be at the Snow.
13. Clue 7: “The baseball game is left of the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Farm; Ice Cream can't be at the Beach.
14. Clue 9: “The dog playing football likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Football can't be at the Beach or Farm; Ice Cream can't be at the Snow.
15. The Farm still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Tennis Ball goes at the Farm.
16. Clue 7: “The baseball game is left of the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Lake.
17. Clue 10: “The dahlia garden and the hot dog stand are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
18. Clue 11: “Guitar could be heard next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
19. Clue 12: “The baseball game is next to the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports; Chrysanthemum can't be at the Snow.
20. Only one location is left open. Football goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
21. Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Beach.
22. Clue 5: “The hockey game and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
23. Clue 7: “The baseball game is left of the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
24. Clue 8: “The hockey game and the carrot patch are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
25. Clue 13: “The saxophone player is left of the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; French Fries can't be at the Beach.
26. Clue 6: “The cattle dog plays the saxophone” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
27. Clue 14: “The cosmo garden and the hockey game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
28. Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
29. Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Snow.
30. Clue 15: “The sheltie is left of the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs; Broccoli must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
31. Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Farm.
32. Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Lake.
33. Clue 16: “One dog is playing piano and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food; Piano must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
34. Only one location is left open. Flute goes at the Farm.
35. Only one location is left open. French Fries goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.

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	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs	Golden Retriever	Cattle Dog	Lab Mix	Sheltie	Border Collie	Akita
Flowers	Poppy	Cosmo	Iris	Chrysanthemum	Zinnia	Dahlia
Instruments	Clarinet	Saxophone	Tuba	Guitar	Piano	Flute
Junk Food	Pizza	Donut	French Fries	Ice Cream	Hamburger	Hot Dog
Sports	Ping Pong	Puck	Baseball	Football	Soccer Ball	Tennis Ball
Vegetables	Cabbage	Turnip	Carrot	Garlic	Broccoli	Pepper

6x6 Hard: Puzzle #782

24 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 49 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 78% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Different locations, One location between, Next to, Equidistant, At the far left, Symmetric around the center, At the far right, Odd location, In order, left to right, Not next to, Closer to, Knight's move, Left of, Same location.

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The setup

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

• Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever, Lab Mix, Sheltie
• Flowers: Chrysanthemum, Cosmo, Dahlia, Iris, Poppy, Zinnia
• Instruments: Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Tuba
• Junk Food: Donut, French Fries, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream, Pizza
• Sports: Baseball, Football, Ping Pong, Puck, Soccer Ball, Tennis Ball
• Vegetables: Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Garlic, Pepper, Turnip

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs
Flowers	Zinnia
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports			Soccer Ball
Vegetables

Clues

1. The ping pong game and the cosmo garden are not at the same location
2. The soccer game and the border collie have one location between them
3. The carrot patch and the chrysanthemum garden have one location between them
4. Chrysanthemums are growing next to the donuts
5. The iris garden is equidistant from the cabbage patch and the baseball game
6. The flute music is next to the iris garden
7. The hockey game is at the park
8. The tuba music and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center
9. Cosmos are growing at the farm
10. The donut stand is at the park, trail, or snow
11. The french fries stand is left of the football game, is left of the piano music
12. The saxophone music is not next to the ice cream stand
13. The hamburger stand is at the farm
14. The tuba music could be heard next to the pepper patch
15. The sheltie is closer to the ping pong game than to the poppy garden
16. The baseball game and the clarinet music are at knight's move distance
17. The clarinet music is left of the lab mix
18. The turnip patch is at the farm
19. The pepper patch is at the park
20. The flute music and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center
21. One dog is playing saxophone and eating french fries
22. The golden retriever is equidistant from the pepper patch and the hot dog stand
23. The ping pong game is next to the broccoli patch
24. The sheltie is next to the tennis game

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Zinnia at the Park, Soccer Ball at the Trail.
2. Clue 7: “The hockey game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
3. Clue 9: “Cosmos are growing at the farm” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
4. Clue 10: “The donut stand is at the park, trail, or snow” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Beach, Lake, or Farm.
5. Clue 13: “The hamburger stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
6. Clue 18: “The turnip patch is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Turnip must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
7. Clue 19: “The pepper patch is at the park” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables.
8. Clue 1: “The ping pong game and the cosmo garden are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Farm.
9. Clue 2: “The soccer game and the border collie have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach, Trail, Lake, or Farm.
10. Clue 4: “Chrysanthemums are growing next to the donuts” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Trail or Snow.
11. Clue 3: “The carrot patch and the chrysanthemum garden have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Trail or Snow.
12. Clue 14: “The tuba music could be heard next to the pepper patch” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
13. Clue 8: “The tuba music and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
14. Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
15. Clue 17: “The clarinet music is left of the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Farm.
16. Clue 20: “The flute music and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Lake or Farm; Tennis Ball can't be at the Snow.
17. Clue 6: “The flute music is next to the iris garden” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Trail or Snow.
18. Clue 21: “One dog is playing saxophone and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Beach; Saxophone can't be at the Farm.
19. Clue 23: “The ping pong game is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli can't be at the Beach.
20. Clue 24: “The sheltie is next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs; Tennis Ball can't be at the Farm.
21. Clue 20: “The flute music and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Park.
22. Clue 5: “The iris garden is equidistant from the cabbage patch and the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Lake or Snow; Iris must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers; Baseball can't be at the Beach or Lake.
23. Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
24. Clue 3: “The carrot patch and the chrysanthemum garden have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
25. Clue 4: “Chrysanthemums are growing next to the donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Snow.
26. Clue 16: “The baseball game and the clarinet music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Park or Trail.
27. Clue 17: “The clarinet music is left of the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
28. Clue 23: “The ping pong game is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Snow.
29. Clue 11: “The french fries stand is left of the football game, is left of the piano music” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Snow; Football can't be at the Farm; Piano can't be at the Park.
30. The Farm still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Baseball goes at the Farm.
31. The Snow still needs one of the sports, and only one of them can go there. Football goes at the Snow.
32. Clue 16: “The baseball game and the clarinet music are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
33. Only one location is left open. Flute goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
34. Clue 20: “The flute music and the tennis game are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
35. Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Beach.
36. Clue 21: “One dog is playing saxophone and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Trail.
37. Clue 23: “The ping pong game is next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Broccoli must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
38. Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
39. Only one location is left open. Garlic goes at the Snow.
40. Clue 11: “The french fries stand is left of the football game, is left of the piano music” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
41. Clue 15: “The sheltie is closer to the ping pong game than to the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
42. Only one location is left open. Dahlia goes at the Trail.
43. Clue 22: “The golden retriever is equidistant from the pepper patch and the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs; Hot Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
44. Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Lake.
45. Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
46. Only one location is left open. French Fries goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
47. Clue 21: “One dog is playing saxophone and eating french fries” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
48. Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Park.
49. Clue 12: “The saxophone music is not next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.

Show the final answer

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs	Border Collie	Golden Retriever	Sheltie	Akita	Cattle Dog	Lab Mix
Flowers	Zinnia	Chrysanthemum	Dahlia	Iris	Poppy	Cosmo
Instruments	Guitar	Tuba	Flute	Saxophone	Clarinet	Piano
Junk Food	Donut	Ice Cream	Hot Dog	French Fries	Pizza	Hamburger
Sports	Puck	Ping Pong	Soccer Ball	Tennis Ball	Football	Baseball
Vegetables	Pepper	Cabbage	Broccoli	Carrot	Garlic	Turnip

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