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Daily Logic Puzzles: Thursday, February 26, 2026

The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from February 26, 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 53 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 #815

6 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 10 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 86% of all 2,500 4x4 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Same location, Diagonally adjacent, Next to.

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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
Instruments	Tuba	Trumpet
Junk Food	Hamburger		Hot Dog
Sports

Clues

1. Someone is playing trumpet at the ping pong game
2. The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the baseball game
3. The border collie is next to the baseball game
4. The hockey game is next to the donut stand
5. The cattle dog plays the guitar
6. The akita is playing hockey

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1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Hamburger at the Park, Hot Dog at the Trail, Trumpet at the Beach, Tuba at the Park.
2. Clue 1: “Someone is playing trumpet at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
3. Clue 2: “The hot dog stand is catty-corner to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
4. Clue 3: “The border collie is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
5. Clue 5: “The cattle dog plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs; Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
6. Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Trail.
7. Clue 6: “The akita is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports; Akita must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
8. Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Beach.
9. Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Trail.
10. Clue 4: “The hockey game is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.

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

4x4 Hard: Puzzle #815

8 clues, 3 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: Even location, Next to, Diagonally adjacent, Different locations, Same location, Equidistant, Left of.

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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			Cattle Dog
Instruments		Guitar
Junk Food
Sports	Tennis Ball

Clues

1. The ice cream stand is at the beach or the lake
2. The hot dog stand is next to the hockey game
3. The clarinet music and the donut stand are diagonally adjacent
4. The border collie doesn't like hamburger
5. The tennis game is next to the golden retriever
6. The akita likes eating ice cream
7. The tuba music is equidistant from the donut stand and the ping pong game
8. The clarinet player is left of the hockey game

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Guitar at the Beach, Cattle Dog at the Trail, Tennis Ball at the Park.
2. Clue 1: “The ice cream stand is at the beach or the lake” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Park or Trail.
3. Clue 3: “The clarinet music and the donut stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Park.
4. Clue 5: “The tennis game is next to the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
5. Clue 6: “The akita likes eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs; Ice Cream must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
6. Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Park.
7. Clue 4: “The border collie doesn't like hamburger” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Park.
8. The Park still needs one of the junk food, and only one of them can go there. Hot Dog goes at the Park.
9. Clue 2: “The hot dog stand is next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
10. Clue 8: “The clarinet player is left of the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
11. Clue 3: “The clarinet music and the donut stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
12. Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Trail.
13. Clue 7: “The tuba music is equidistant from the donut stand and the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments; Ping Pong must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.

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

6x6 Easy: Puzzle #815

23 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 38 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 75% 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, Diagonally adjacent, Next to, 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, 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				Lab Mix
Flowers		Chrysanthemum			Poppy
Instruments		Saxophone
Junk Food
Sports
Vegetables

Clues

1. The ping pong game and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
2. The football game is at the farm
3. The broccoli patch is at the farm
4. The golden retriever is having a walk at the park
5. The lab mix likes eating hamburgers
6. The ping pong game and the garlic patch are at the same location
7. Someone is playing tuba at the football game
8. The clarinet music and the ice cream stand are diagonally adjacent
9. The lab mix is next to the pizza stand
10. One dog is playing guitar and eating donuts
11. The akita doesn't like garlic
12. Flute could be heard next to the sheltie
13. The border collie is not playing tennis
14. The turnip patch is left of the border collie
15. The baseball game and the cosmo garden are at the same location
16. The guitar music and the cabbage patch are at the same location
17. The border collie plays the clarinet
18. The piano music is next to the dahlia garden
19. The hockey game is left of the cattle dog
20. Zinnias are growing at the park
21. The pepper patch is at the trail
22. The hot dog stand is at the trail
23. The soccer game is at the park

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

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

6x6 Hard: Puzzle #815

26 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 53 solving steps.

●●○○○ Difficulty 2/5: easier than 57% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Next to, In a middle location, Same location, One of two locations, Two locations between, Equidistant, Symmetric around the center, Between, Even location, Left of, At least N apart, Not at the far right, At the far right, Different locations, Odd location, Farther from, Diagonally adjacent, Closer to, One location between.

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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				Poppy
Instruments				Guitar
Junk Food					Donut
Sports
Vegetables

Clues

1. The clarinet music is next to the cattle dog
2. The ice cream stand is not at an edge
3. The garlic patch and the donut stand are at the same location
4. The pepper patch is at the Farm or the Snow
5. The pizza stand and the cosmo garden have two locations between them
6. The sheltie likes to eat garlic
7. The akita likes eating pizza
8. The akita is equidistant from the zinnia garden and the tennis game
9. The clarinet music is next to the cosmo garden
10. The french fries stand and the flute music are at symmetric positions around the center
11. The hamburger stand is next to the broccoli patch
12. The flute music is between the cattle dog and the hot dog stand
13. The carrot patch is at the beach, lake, or farm
14. The sheltie is left of the tennis game
15. The tennis game and the turnip patch are at least 5 locations apart
16. The golden retriever is not at the farm
17. The hot dog stand is at the farm
18. The dahlia garden is at the beach, lake, or farm
19. The french fries stand and the saxophone music are at least 4 locations apart
20. The ping pong game and the cosmo garden are not at the same location
21. The baseball game is at the park, trail, or snow
22. The cabbage patch is farther from the ping pong game than from the pizza stand
23. The hockey game is equidistant from the donut stand and the lab mix
24. The tuba music and the pizza stand are diagonally adjacent
25. The akita is closer to the tuba music than to the soccer game
26. The iris garden and the hockey game have one location between them

Show the step-by-step solution

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

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

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