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Daily Logic Puzzles: Monday, June 29, 2026

The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from June 29, 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 48 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 #2482

6 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 11 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 71% 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				Cattle Dog
Instruments				Guitar
Junk Food	Donut
Sports	Tennis Ball

Clues

1. The border collie likes eating donuts
2. One dog is playing trumpet and eating donuts
3. The akita likes eating hamburgers
4. The border collie is next to the hot dog stand
5. Someone is playing clarinet at the ping pong game
6. The hockey game is at the trail

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Donut at the Park, Cattle Dog at the Lake, Tennis Ball at the Park, Guitar at the Lake.
2. Clue 6: “The hockey game is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
3. Clue 1: “The border collie likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
4. Clue 2: “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.
5. Clue 3: “The akita likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Lake.
6. Clue 4: “The border collie is next to 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.
7. Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
8. Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Lake.
9. Clue 3: “The akita likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
10. Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Beach.
11. Clue 5: “Someone is playing clarinet at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.

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

4x4 Hard: Puzzle #2482

9 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 15 solving steps.

●●○○○ Difficulty 2/5: easier than 58% of all 2,500 4x4 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Same location, In a middle location, Not next to, Odd location, Symmetric around the center, Knight's move, Diagonally adjacent.

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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			Golden Retriever	Cattle Dog
Instruments			Clarinet
Junk Food
Sports

Clues

1. The golden retriever is playing hockey
2. The baseball game is not at an edge
3. The golden retriever is not next to the trumpet music
4. The ice cream stand is at the park or the trail
5. The cattle dog is playing tennis
6. The golden retriever and the hot dog stand are at symmetric positions around the center
7. The golden retriever likes eating hamburgers
8. The cattle dog and the tuba music are at knight's move distance
9. The border collie and the clarinet music are diagonally adjacent

Show the step-by-step solution

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

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

6x6 Easy: Puzzle #2482

24 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 41 solving steps.

●●○○○ Difficulty 2/5: easier than 55% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Same location, At the far left, At the far right, Left of, Next to, 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
Flowers						Dahlia
Instruments
Junk Food		Ice Cream		Pizza
Sports
Vegetables

Clues

1. The ice cream stand and the carrot patch are at the same location
2. The golden retriever is having a walk at the park
3. The garlic patch is at the farm
4. Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the farm
5. The football game and the garlic patch are at the same location
6. The golden retriever likes eating french fries
7. The cosmo garden and the baseball game are at the same location
8. The sheltie is left of the football game
9. A clarinet could be heard next to the hockey game
10. The border collie is next to the broccoli patch
11. The akita likes eating hot dogs
12. The cosmo garden and the pepper patch are at the same location
13. One dog is playing flute and eating hamburgers
14. The saxophone music and the turnip patch are at the same location
15. The tennis game is left of the hot dog stand
16. The akita and the dahlia garden are diagonally adjacent
17. The ping pong game is left of the border collie
18. Flute could be heard catty-corner from the iris garden
19. The border collie is having a walk at the beach
20. The cattle dog is having a walk at the lake
21. Chrysanthemums are growing at the park
22. Zinnias are growing at the snow
23. Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the snow
24. Someone heard a dog playing piano at the lake

Show the step-by-step solution

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

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

6x6 Hard: Puzzle #2482

23 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 48 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 83% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Same location, Two locations between, At least N apart, Next to, Not next to, Equidistant, Not at the far left, Knight's move, Diagonally adjacent, 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			Cattle Dog	Sheltie	Akita
Flowers						Chrysanthemum
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports
Vegetables

Clues

1. The chrysanthemum garden and the hockey game are at the same location
2. The french fries stand and the cosmo garden have two locations between them
3. The french fries stand and the poppy garden are at the same location
4. The akita and the tuba music have two locations between them
5. The piano music and the iris garden are at least 3 locations apart
6. Someone is playing flute at the baseball game
7. Flute music is coming from the zinnia garden
8. The cosmo garden and the ping pong game are at least 4 locations apart
9. The akita is next to the pizza stand
10. The turnip patch is not next to the cattle dog
11. The cabbage patch is equidistant from the saxophone music and the akita
12. The border collie is not at the park
13. The golden retriever is next to the donut stand
14. The poppy garden is next to the akita
15. The lab mix and the saxophone music are at knight's move distance
16. The sheltie and the dahlia garden are diagonally adjacent
17. The hamburger stand is at the park
18. The poppy garden is equidistant from the flute music and the garlic patch
19. The pepper patch and the hockey game are at the same location
20. The carrot patch is equidistant from the hot dog stand and the akita
21. The french fries stand and the soccer game are at least 3 locations apart
22. The akita is left of the guitar music
23. The tennis game is not next to the piano music

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

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