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Daily Logic Puzzles: Friday, May 22, 2026

The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from May 22, 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 50 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 #184

7 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: At a location, 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				Akita
Instruments	Guitar			Trumpet
Junk Food
Sports			Baseball

Clues

1. The hockey game is at the park
2. The border collie likes eating hot dogs
3. The hamburger stand is at the trail
4. Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the trail
5. The dog playing ping pong likes to eat ice cream
6. The guitar was not being played at the hot dog stand
7. The cattle dog is not playing hockey

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Trumpet at the Lake, Akita at the Lake, Baseball at the Trail, Guitar at the Park.
2. Clue 1: “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 3: “The hamburger stand is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
4. Clue 4: “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.
5. Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Beach.
6. Clue 2: “The border collie likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Trail; Hot Dog can't be at the Lake.
7. Clue 5: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Park.
8. Clue 6: “The guitar was not being played at the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
9. Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
10. Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Park.
11. Clue 2: “The border collie likes eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
12. Clue 5: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
13. Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Beach.
14. Clue 7: “The cattle dog is not playing hockey” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.

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

4x4 Hard: Puzzle #184

9 clues, 1 pre-filled square, 17 solving steps.

●●●○○ Difficulty 3/5: harder than 57% of all 2,500 4x4 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: One of two locations, Knight's move, At least N apart, Same location, Next to, Symmetric around the center, Equidistant, Not 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
Junk Food			Ice Cream
Sports

Clues

1. The tuba music is coming from the park or the trail
2. The ice cream stand and the hockey game are at knight's move distance
3. The clarinet music and the donut stand are at least 2 locations apart
4. The border collie is playing baseball
5. The trumpet music is next to the hot dog stand
6. The baseball game and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center
7. Someone is playing guitar at the tennis game
8. The donut stand is equidistant from the border collie and the tuba music
9. The akita is not next to the trumpet music

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Ice Cream at the Trail.
2. Clue 1: “The tuba music is coming from the park or the trail” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Beach or Lake.
3. Clue 2: “The ice cream stand and the hockey game are at knight's move distance” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
4. Clue 4: “The border collie is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Border Collie can't be at the Park.
5. Clue 5: “The trumpet music is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Lake.
6. Clue 6: “The baseball game and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Lake.
7. Clue 7: “Someone is playing guitar at the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park.
8. Clue 8: “The donut stand is equidistant from the border collie and the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs; Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food; Tuba must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
9. Clue 3: “The clarinet music and the donut stand are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
10. Clue 4: “The border collie is playing baseball” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
11. Clue 6: “The baseball game and the cattle dog are at symmetric positions around the center” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
12. Clue 7: “Someone is playing guitar at the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
13. Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Trail.
14. Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Lake.
15. Clue 5: “The trumpet music is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
16. Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park.
17. Clue 9: “The akita is not next to the trumpet music” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.

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

6x6 Easy: Puzzle #184

21 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 34 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 94% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Diagonally adjacent, Same location, Left of, At a location, At the far right, At the far left, Next to, 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, 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					Piano
Junk Food			French Fries
Sports	Puck
Vegetables

Clues

1. The ping pong game and the garlic patch are diagonally adjacent
2. The dog playing baseball likes to eat ice cream
3. The sheltie is left of the garlic patch
4. The soccer game and the carrot patch are diagonally adjacent
5. The akita is having a walk at the snow
6. The cabbage patch is at the beach
7. The garlic patch is at the farm
8. The donut stand is at the park
9. The cosmo garden is next to the tennis game
10. Chrysanthemums are growing at the lake
11. The golden retriever plays the guitar
12. The hamburger stand is at the farm
13. The turnip patch is at the park
14. The lab mix and the dahlia garden are at the same location
15. Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the farm
16. Poppies are growing at the farm
17. The broccoli patch and the cosmo garden are not at the same location
18. Someone heard a dog playing flute at the park
19. The cattle dog likes eating french fries
20. The football game is at the lake
21. One dog is playing saxophone and eating hot dogs

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

6x6 Hard: Puzzle #184

22 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 50 solving steps.

●●○○○ Difficulty 2/5: easier than 74% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Next to, At the far left, Left of, One of two locations, In a middle location, Same location, Diagonally adjacent, Equidistant, At least N apart, In order, left to right, Two locations between, One location between, Symmetric around the center, Not 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, 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
Junk Food						Ice Cream
Sports			Baseball
Vegetables					Turnip

Clues

1. The chrysanthemum garden is next to the broccoli patch
2. The chrysanthemum garden is next to the soccer game
3. Chrysanthemums are growing at the park
4. The border collie is left of the poppy garden
5. The pepper patch is at the Lake or the Beach
6. The sheltie is not at an edge
7. Someone is playing flute at the hockey game
8. The french fries stand is catty-corner to the baseball game
9. The lab mix is equidistant from the flute music and the chrysanthemum garden
10. The ping pong game and the border collie are at least 2 locations apart
11. The baseball game is left of the akita, is left of the zinnia garden
12. The border collie is left of the hockey game, is left of the cabbage patch
13. The cattle dog likes to eat garlic
14. The hamburger stand and the sheltie have two locations between them
15. The cosmo garden and the football game have one location between them
16. The football game is next to the french fries stand
17. The hot dog stand is not at an edge
18. The golden retriever and the saxophone music are at symmetric positions around the center
19. The donut stand and the iris garden are at the same location
20. The piano music is not next to the donut stand
21. A guitar could be heard next to the hockey game
22. The hamburger stand is equidistant from the clarinet music and the border collie

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

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