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Daily Logic Puzzles: Tuesday, April 21, 2026

The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from April 21, 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 45 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 #392

6 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 12 solving steps.

●●○○○ Difficulty 2/5: easier than 49% of all 2,500 4x4 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Diagonally adjacent, Next to, Same location, 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
Instruments
Junk Food			Hamburger	Hot Dog
Sports	Tennis Ball	Puck

Clues

1. The border collie and the guitar music are diagonally adjacent
2. The border collie is next to the hockey game
3. The cattle dog plays the tuba
4. One dog is playing trumpet and eating donuts
5. The golden retriever is playing ping pong
6. Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the trail

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1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Puck at the Beach, Tennis Ball at the Park, Hot Dog at the Lake, Hamburger at the Trail.
2. Clue 6: “Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the trail” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
3. Clue 1: “The border collie and the guitar music are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Lake.
4. Clue 2: “The border collie is next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Beach.
5. Clue 1: “The border collie and the guitar music are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park.
6. Clue 3: “The cattle dog plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
7. Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
8. Clue 1: “The border collie and the guitar music are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
9. Clue 4: “One dog is playing trumpet and eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments; Donut must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
10. Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Lake.
11. Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Beach.
12. Clue 5: “The golden retriever is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports; Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.

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

4x4 Hard: Puzzle #392

7 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 14 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 71% of all 2,500 4x4 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: At the far right, Even location, Equidistant, Not next to, One location between, Same location, 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				Cattle Dog
Instruments
Junk Food		Ice Cream
Sports				Baseball

Clues

1. The hamburger stand is at the lake
2. The tuba music is at the beach or the lake
3. The hockey game is equidistant from the trumpet music and the hamburger stand
4. The tuba music is not next to the border collie
5. The guitar music and the border collie have one location between them
6. The akita is playing ping pong
7. The guitar was not being played at the hot dog stand

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Beach, Baseball at the Lake, Cattle Dog at the Lake.
2. Clue 1: “The hamburger stand is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
3. Clue 2: “The tuba music is at the beach or the lake” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Park or Trail.
4. Clue 4: “The tuba music is not next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Trail.
5. Clue 5: “The guitar music and the border collie have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park or Beach.
6. Clue 3: “The hockey game is equidistant from the trumpet music and the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Puck must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
7. Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
8. Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
9. Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Park.
10. Clue 5: “The guitar music and the border collie have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
11. Clue 6: “The akita is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs; Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
12. Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Trail.
13. Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Park.
14. Clue 7: “The guitar was not being played at the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.

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

6x6 Easy: Puzzle #392

24 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 44 solving steps.

●●●○○ Difficulty 3/5: harder than 59% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: At the far left, At the far right, Next to, Different locations, Same location, Diagonally adjacent, 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						Cosmo
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports
Vegetables						Broccoli

Clues

1. The golden retriever is having a walk at the park
2. The hamburger stand is at the park
3. The ice cream stand is at the farm
4. Poppies are growing next to the donuts
5. The ping pong game and the hamburger stand are not at the same location
6. The donut stand is next to the turnip patch
7. The garlic patch is next to the ping pong game
8. The cattle dog is playing baseball
9. Irises are growing next to the hamburgers
10. Flute could be heard catty-corner from the dahlia garden
11. The akita likes eating french fries
12. The pepper patch and the baseball game are at the same location
13. Tuba could be heard catty-corner from the poppy garden
14. The akita is next to the hot dog stand
15. Someone is playing saxophone at the hockey game
16. The hamburger stand is catty-corner to the football game
17. The soccer game and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
18. The french fries stand is at the trail
19. Someone heard a dog playing piano at the farm
20. The sheltie is having a walk at the farm
21. Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the park
22. The cabbage patch is at the park
23. Dahlias are growing at the trail
24. Chrysanthemums are growing at the snow

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Lab Mix at the Beach, Cosmo at the Farm, Broccoli at the Farm.
2. Clue 1: “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.
3. Clue 2: “The hamburger stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
4. Clue 3: “The ice cream stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
5. Clue 18: “The french fries stand is at the trail” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
6. Clue 19: “Someone heard a dog playing piano at the farm” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
7. Clue 20: “The sheltie is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
8. Clue 21: “Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the park” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
9. Clue 22: “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.
10. Clue 23: “Dahlias are growing at the trail” Given what we know so far, Dahlia must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
11. Clue 24: “Chrysanthemums are growing at the snow” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
12. Clue 4: “Poppies are growing next to the donuts” Given what we know so far, Poppy can't be at the Beach; Donut can't be at the Lake.
13. Clue 5: “The ping pong game and the hamburger stand are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park.
14. Clue 6: “The donut stand is next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Turnip can't be at the Beach or Snow.
15. Clue 8: “The cattle dog is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Park, Beach, or Farm.
16. Clue 9: “Irises are growing next to the hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
17. Clue 10: “Flute could be heard catty-corner from the dahlia garden” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Trail or Snow.
18. Clue 11: “The akita likes eating french fries” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
19. Clue 8: “The cattle dog is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Trail.
20. Clue 12: “The pepper patch and the baseball game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Beach or Trail.
21. Clue 13: “Tuba could be heard catty-corner from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Lake.
22. Clue 14: “The akita is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Snow.
23. Clue 15: “Someone is playing saxophone at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park or Farm.
24. Clue 16: “The hamburger stand is catty-corner to the football game” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
25. Clue 15: “Someone is playing saxophone at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Beach.
26. Clue 17: “The soccer game and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports.
27. Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
28. Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
29. Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
30. Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Park.
31. Clue 7: “The garlic patch is next to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables.
32. Only one location is left open. Pepper goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
33. Only one location is left open. Turnip goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.
34. Only one location is left open. Carrot goes at the Beach.
35. Clue 6: “The donut stand is next to the turnip patch” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
36. Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
37. Only one location is left open. Pizza goes at the Snow.
38. Clue 4: “Poppies are growing next to the donuts” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other flowers.
39. Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Lake.
40. Clue 8: “The cattle dog is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
41. Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Snow.
42. Clue 13: “Tuba could be heard catty-corner from the poppy garden” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
43. Only one location is left open. Flute goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
44. Clue 15: “Someone is playing saxophone at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Saxophone must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.

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

6x6 Hard: Puzzle #392

21 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 45 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 93% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Two locations between, Even location, One of two locations, Next to, Different locations, Odd location, Left of, At least N apart, Farther from, One location between, In order, left to right, Same location, At the far left.

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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	Dahlia
Instruments	Tuba
Junk Food			Hot Dog
Sports		Football
Vegetables

Clues

1. The cattle dog and the hamburger stand have two locations between them
2. The border collie is at the beach, lake, or farm
3. The pizza stand is at the Farm or the Beach
4. The tuba music could be heard next to the pepper patch
5. The zinnia garden and the ping pong game are not at the same location
6. The soccer game is at the park, trail, or snow
7. The carrot patch is left of the donut stand
8. The zinnia garden is left of the golden retriever
9. The pepper patch and the ice cream stand are at least 2 locations apart
10. The pizza stand is farther from the iris garden than from the cattle dog
11. The french fries stand and the guitar music have one location between them
12. The baseball game is at the Park or the Beach
13. The tennis game is left of the zinnia garden, is left of the flute music
14. The chrysanthemum garden and the football game are at the same location
15. The lab mix is playing baseball
16. The carrot patch and the clarinet music are at the same location
17. The garlic patch is at the park
18. The pizza stand and the cosmo garden have two locations between them
19. The broccoli patch and the soccer game have two locations between them
20. The cattle dog and the turnip patch have one location between them
21. The sheltie plays the piano

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

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