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Daily Logic Puzzles: Thursday, July 23, 2026

The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from July 23, 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 49 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 #2267

9 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 13 solving steps.

●●●○○ Difficulty 3/5: harder than 51% of all 2,500 4x4 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Same location, Diagonally adjacent, Next to, 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
• 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		Guitar		Tuba
Junk Food
Sports			Baseball

Clues

1. The dog playing baseball likes to eat hamburgers
2. The trumpet music and the donut stand are diagonally adjacent
3. The cattle dog is next to the hot dog stand
4. The tuba music and the akita are not at the same location
5. The tennis game is at the beach
6. The golden retriever is having a walk at the trail
7. The hockey game is at the lake
8. The cattle dog is having a walk at the park
9. The donut stand is at the lake

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Tuba at the Lake, Baseball at the Trail, Guitar at the Beach.
2. Clue 5: “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.
3. Clue 6: “The golden retriever is having a walk at the trail” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
4. Clue 7: “The hockey game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
5. Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Park.
6. Clue 8: “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.
7. Clue 9: “The donut stand is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
8. Clue 1: “The dog playing baseball likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
9. Clue 2: “The trumpet music and the donut stand are diagonally adjacent” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
10. Only one location is left open. Clarinet goes at the Park.
11. Clue 3: “The cattle dog 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.
12. Only one location is left open. Ice Cream goes at the Park.
13. Clue 4: “The tuba music and the akita are not at the same location” 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	Cattle Dog	Akita	Golden Retriever	Border Collie
Instruments	Clarinet	Guitar	Trumpet	Tuba
Junk Food	Ice Cream	Hot Dog	Hamburger	Donut
Sports	Ping Pong	Tennis Ball	Baseball	Puck

4x4 Hard: Puzzle #2267

7 clues, 2 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: Same location, Equidistant, Two locations between, 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
• 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				Baseball

Clues

1. One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream
2. The hamburger stand is equidistant from the golden retriever and the tuba music
3. The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs
4. The golden retriever is playing ping pong
5. The cattle dog and the clarinet music have two locations between them
6. The akita is left of the tuba music
7. The akita is playing tennis

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Hot Dog at the Park, Baseball at the Lake.
2. Clue 1: “One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park.
3. Clue 3: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
4. Clue 4: “The golden retriever is playing ping pong” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
5. Clue 5: “The cattle dog and the clarinet music have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs; Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
6. Clue 6: “The akita is left of the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Beach.
7. Clue 2: “The hamburger stand is equidistant from the golden retriever and the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Hamburger 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.
8. Clue 1: “One dog is playing guitar and eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments; Ice Cream must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
9. Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Beach.
10. Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Trail.
11. Clue 6: “The akita is left of the tuba music” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
12. Only one location is left open. Border Collie goes at the Trail.
13. Clue 7: “The akita is playing tennis” Given what we know so far, Tennis Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.

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

6x6 Easy: Puzzle #2267

22 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 39 solving steps.

●●○○○ Difficulty 2/5: easier than 69% 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, 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			Cattle Dog
Flowers
Instruments
Junk Food					Pizza
Sports					Football
Vegetables

Clues

1. The lab mix is having a walk at the park
2. The hockey game is at the farm
3. The lab mix likes eating hamburgers
4. The lab mix and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
5. The zinnia garden is left of the broccoli patch
6. The guitar music is next to the french fries stand
7. The hot dog stand and the turnip patch are at the same location
8. The soccer game and the turnip patch are at the same location
9. The tuba music could be heard next to the garlic patch
10. The iris garden is next to the football game
11. The akita is left of the iris garden
12. The french fries stand is catty-corner to the ping pong game
13. The golden retriever likes to eat pepper
14. The iris garden and the border collie are at the same location
15. One dog is playing flute and eating donuts
16. The turnip patch and the cosmo garden are at the same location
17. Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the lake
18. Someone heard a dog playing saxophone at the trail
19. The baseball game is at the trail
20. Poppies are growing at the farm
21. The carrot patch is at the farm
22. Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the snow

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

6x6 Hard: Puzzle #2267

23 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 49 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 78% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Same location, At the far left, Different locations, Odd location, One of two locations, Two locations between, At least N apart, Left of, Next to, Symmetric around the center, 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, 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			Poppy
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports			Tennis Ball
Vegetables				Broccoli

Clues

1. The border collie likes to eat pepper
2. The golden retriever likes to eat cabbage
3. Chrysanthemums are growing at the park
4. The hockey game and the iris garden are not at the same location
5. The carrot patch is at the park, trail, or snow
6. The golden retriever plays the clarinet
7. The ping pong game is at the Snow or the Farm
8. The chrysanthemum garden and the hot dog stand are at the same location
9. The akita is at the Snow or the Park
10. The sheltie and the broccoli patch have two locations between them
11. The dog playing ping pong likes to eat french fries
12. The border collie plays the piano
13. The pizza stand and the cosmo garden are at least 4 locations apart
14. The guitar music is left of the poppy garden
15. The cattle dog is next to the zinnia garden
16. The tuba music and the broccoli patch are at the same location
17. The golden retriever and the pizza stand have two locations between them
18. Someone heard a dog playing flute at the park
19. The broccoli patch and the hamburger stand are at symmetric positions around the center
20. The flute music and the donut stand are diagonally adjacent
21. Someone is playing flute at the soccer game
22. The iris garden is left of the baseball game
23. The garlic patch is next to the baseball game

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

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