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Daily Logic Puzzles: Sunday, April 26, 2026

The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from April 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 Easy puzzle, at 46 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 #397

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: Same location, 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
• 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		Donut		Hamburger
Sports		Tennis Ball	Ping Pong

Clues

1. The golden retriever is playing hockey
2. The akita plays the tuba
3. A guitar could be heard next to the tennis game
4. The cattle dog likes eating ice cream
5. Someone is playing clarinet at the hockey game
6. The akita is having a walk at the trail

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Donut at the Beach, Tennis Ball at the Beach, Hamburger at the Lake, Ping Pong at the Trail.
2. Clue 6: “The akita is having a walk at the trail” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
3. Clue 1: “The golden retriever is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Beach.
4. Clue 2: “The akita plays the tuba” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
5. Clue 3: “A guitar could be heard next to the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
6. Clue 4: “The cattle dog likes eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food; Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
7. Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
8. Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Beach.
9. Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Trail.
10. Clue 1: “The golden retriever is playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
11. Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Park.
12. Clue 5: “Someone is playing clarinet at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.

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

4x4 Hard: Puzzle #397

7 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: At the far right, Next to, Same location, Two locations between, Left of, Symmetric around the center.

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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				Clarinet
Junk Food
Sports			Baseball

Clues

1. The tennis game is at the lake
2. A tuba could be heard next to the hockey game
3. The border collie is playing baseball
4. The hamburger stand and the ping pong game have two locations between them
5. The akita is next to the donut stand
6. The donut stand is left of the guitar player
7. The ice cream stand and the tuba music are at symmetric positions around the center

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Cattle Dog at the Lake, Clarinet at the Lake, Baseball at the Trail.
2. Clue 1: “The tennis game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
3. Clue 3: “The border collie is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
4. Clue 4: “The hamburger stand and the ping pong game have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food; Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
5. Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Beach.
6. Clue 2: “A tuba could be heard next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Beach.
7. Clue 6: “The donut stand is left of the guitar player” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Trail; Guitar can't be at the Park.
8. Clue 7: “The ice cream stand and the tuba music are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food; Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
9. Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
10. Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Park.
11. Only one location is left open. Donut 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 Trail.
13. Clue 5: “The akita is next to the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.

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

6x6 Easy: Puzzle #397

23 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 46 solving steps.

●●●●○ Difficulty 4/5: harder than 72% 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, Next to, Diagonally adjacent, 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
Flowers					Chrysanthemum
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports		Puck				Tennis Ball
Vegetables

Clues

1. The sheltie is playing hockey
2. The hamburger stand is at the farm
3. Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park
4. Someone heard a dog playing flute at the farm
5. The lab mix and the cosmo garden are at the same location
6. The hot dog stand is next to the piano music
7. Clarinet could be heard catty-corner from the dahlia garden
8. The golden retriever likes eating donuts
9. One dog is playing piano and eating pizza
10. The turnip patch is next to the dahlia garden
11. The ice cream stand is catty-corner to the baseball game
12. Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the poppy garden
13. The lab mix likes to eat carrot
14. The pizza stand is catty-corner to the tennis game
15. The donut stand is left of the iris garden
16. The cabbage patch is next to the hamburger stand
17. The ice cream stand and the zinnia garden are at the same location
18. The cosmo garden is left of the soccer game
19. The border collie is having a walk at the trail
20. The cattle dog is having a walk at the snow
21. The football game is at the park
22. The broccoli patch is at the beach
23. The garlic patch is at the trail

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

6x6 Hard: Puzzle #397

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

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 95% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Next to, Diagonally adjacent, At the far right, Same location, Two locations between, Different locations, In order, left to right, Odd location, At most N apart, At the far left, In a middle location, Symmetric around the center, Not next to, Not at the far left, 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, 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
Instruments						Tuba
Junk Food
Sports			Soccer Ball		Football
Vegetables

Clues

1. The broccoli patch is next to the french fries stand
2. The piano music and the french fries stand are diagonally adjacent
3. The baseball game is at the farm
4. The carrot patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location
5. The cattle dog and the french fries stand have two locations between them
6. The tennis game and the hamburger stand are not at the same location
7. The piano music is left of the iris garden, is left of the ice cream stand
8. The hot dog stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
9. The garlic patch and the football game are at the same location
10. The guitar music is at the park, trail, or snow
11. The lab mix and the cabbage patch are at most 4 locations apart
12. The hot dog stand is at the park
13. Someone is playing flute at the hockey game
14. The cattle dog is having a walk at the park
15. The chrysanthemum garden is next to the akita
16. The hamburger stand is not at an edge
17. The clarinet music is not at an edge
18. The donut stand and the hockey game are at symmetric positions around the center
19. The cabbage patch is at the park
20. The hamburger stand is not next to the pepper patch
21. The cosmo garden is not next to the pizza stand
22. The tennis game and the ice cream stand are at symmetric positions around the center
23. The carrot patch is at the farm
24. The akita is next to the dahlia garden
25. The guitar music was not heard at the park
26. The zinnia garden is next to the baseball game
27. The sheltie likes to eat pepper
28. The border collie is left of the french fries stand

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

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