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Daily Logic Puzzles: Thursday, July 16, 2026

The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from July 16, 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 #2239

7 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: At the far left, Diagonally adjacent, Left of, Next to, Same 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	Akita
Instruments
Junk Food		Ice Cream
Sports		Puck

Clues

1. The baseball game is at the park
2. The hamburger stand is catty-corner to the hockey game
3. The golden retriever is left of the trumpet music
4. The ice cream stand is catty-corner to the ping pong game
5. A guitar could be heard next to the baseball game
6. The golden retriever plays the clarinet
7. The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Akita at the Beach, Cattle Dog at the Park, Ice Cream at the Beach, Puck at the Beach.
2. Clue 1: “The baseball game is at the park” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
3. Clue 2: “The hamburger stand is catty-corner to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Lake.
4. Clue 3: “The golden retriever is left of the trumpet music” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs; Trumpet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
5. Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Lake.
6. Clue 4: “The ice cream stand is catty-corner to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
7. Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Lake.
8. Clue 5: “A guitar could be heard next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
9. Clue 6: “The golden retriever plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
10. Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Park.
11. Clue 7: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
12. Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.

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

4x4 Hard: Puzzle #2239

10 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 18 solving steps.

●●●●○ Difficulty 4/5: harder than 69% of all 2,500 4x4 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: One of two locations, Left of, Next to, Different locations, Between, Odd location, Closer to, In a middle 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		Hot Dog
Sports	Puck	Tennis Ball

Clues

1. The trumpet music is coming from the lake or the beach
2. The ice cream stand is left of the golden retriever
3. The golden retriever is next to the hamburger stand
4. The hot dog stand is next to the baseball game
5. The cattle dog doesn't like ice cream
6. The tuba music is between the hockey game and the donut stand
7. The tuba music is at the park or the trail
8. The hot dog stand is closer to the clarinet music than to the golden retriever
9. The akita is next to the baseball game
10. The guitar music is not at an edge

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Puck at the Park, Hot Dog at the Beach, Tennis Ball at the Beach.
2. Clue 1: “The trumpet music is coming from the lake or the beach” Given what we know so far, Trumpet can't be at the Park or Trail.
3. Clue 7: “The tuba music is at the park or the trail” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Beach or Lake.
4. Clue 10: “The guitar music is not at an edge” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park or Lake.
5. Clue 2: “The ice cream stand is left of the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream can't be at the Lake; Golden Retriever can't be at the Park.
6. Clue 4: “The hot dog stand is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
7. Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Lake.
8. Clue 9: “The akita is next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Akita can't be at the Park or Trail.
9. Clue 6: “The tuba music is between the hockey game and the donut stand” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments; Donut must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
10. Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
11. Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
12. Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Park.
13. Clue 3: “The golden retriever is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever can't be at the Trail.
14. Clue 8: “The hot dog stand is closer to the clarinet music than to the golden retriever” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
15. Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
16. Clue 3: “The golden retriever is next to the hamburger stand” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
17. Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Park.
18. Clue 5: “The cattle dog doesn't like ice cream” 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	Border Collie	Akita	Cattle Dog	Golden Retriever
Instruments	Clarinet	Guitar	Tuba	Trumpet
Junk Food	Ice Cream	Hot Dog	Hamburger	Donut
Sports	Puck	Tennis Ball	Baseball	Ping Pong

6x6 Easy: Puzzle #2239

21 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 37 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 81% 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, Same location, Left of, Next to, Diagonally adjacent, Different locations, 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	Iris
Instruments
Junk Food				Pizza
Sports						Soccer Ball
Vegetables

Clues

1. The baseball game is at the park
2. The cattle dog is having a walk at the park
3. The ice cream stand is at the park
4. The turnip patch is at the park
5. The golden retriever is having a walk at the farm
6. The piano music and the pepper patch are at the same location
7. The french fries stand is left of the tuba player
8. The dog playing football likes to eat hot dogs
9. The donut stand and the pepper patch are at the same location
10. The flute music is next to the donut stand
11. The hamburger stand and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
12. The akita is playing ping pong
13. The football game and the broccoli patch are diagonally adjacent
14. The carrot patch is left of the akita
15. The piano music and the poppy garden are not at the same location
16. The garlic patch and the zinnia garden are at the same location
17. The sheltie plays the clarinet
18. The guitar music is next to the akita
19. Someone heard a dog playing piano at the beach
20. The tennis game is at the beach
21. Cosmos are growing at the lake

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

6x6 Hard: Puzzle #2239

23 clues, 3 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: One location between, Same location, Two locations between, Equidistant, Next to, At the far left, Odd location, Symmetric around the center, In order, left to right, At least N apart, At the far right, One of two 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						Cosmo
Instruments
Junk Food		Hamburger
Sports
Vegetables					Garlic

Clues

1. The guitar music and the iris garden have one location between them
2. The border collie is playing baseball
3. The chrysanthemum garden and the football game are at the same location
4. The hot dog stand and the cabbage patch have two locations between them
5. The golden retriever is equidistant from the ice cream stand and the turnip patch
6. The akita is next to the pepper patch
7. Irises are growing at the park
8. The flute music is at the park, trail, or snow
9. The hockey game is at the park, trail, or snow
10. The golden retriever and the tuba music are at symmetric positions around the center
11. The border collie and the soccer game are at symmetric positions around the center
12. The ping pong game is left of the donut stand, is left of the akita
13. The french fries stand and the iris garden are at least 4 locations apart
14. The tuba music is next to the dahlia garden
15. The hot dog stand is at the farm
16. The lab mix is playing ping pong
17. The baseball game is equidistant from the saxophone music and the carrot patch
18. The poppy garden and the golden retriever have two locations between them
19. The turnip patch is next to the hamburger stand
20. The carrot patch is at the Lake or the Farm
21. The baseball game is next to the carrot patch
22. The dahlia garden is left of the akita, is left of the clarinet music
23. The ping pong game and the cattle dog are at least 5 locations apart

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

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