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Daily Logic Puzzles: Monday, September 14, 2026

The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from September 14, 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 52 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 #1819

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

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 86% of all 2,500 4x4 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: At the far right, Next to, Same location, 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				Golden Retriever
Instruments
Junk Food		Ice Cream
Sports			Ping Pong

Clues

1. The hockey game is at the lake
2. A trumpet could be heard next to the ping pong game
3. The cattle dog likes eating donuts
4. The akita plays the guitar
5. The baseball game is at the beach
6. Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the lake
7. The hot dog stand is at the park

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Golden Retriever at the Lake, Ping Pong at the Trail, Ice Cream at the Beach.
2. Clue 1: “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.
3. Clue 5: “The baseball game is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
4. Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Park.
5. Clue 6: “Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the lake” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
6. Clue 7: “The hot dog stand is at the park” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
7. Clue 2: “A trumpet could be heard next to the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
8. Clue 3: “The cattle dog likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs; Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
9. Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Lake.
10. Clue 4: “The akita plays the guitar” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments; 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	Border Collie	Cattle Dog	Golden Retriever
Instruments	Guitar	Trumpet	Tuba	Clarinet
Junk Food	Hot Dog	Ice Cream	Donut	Hamburger
Sports	Tennis Ball	Baseball	Ping Pong	Puck

4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1819

10 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 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: Not next to, One location between, In order, left to right, Next to, Same location, Different locations, Not at the far left.

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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		Border Collie
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports

Clues

1. The hockey game is not next to the trumpet music
2. The tuba music and the akita have one location between them
3. The trumpet music is left of the hot dog stand, is left of the border collie
4. The border collie is next to the hot dog stand
5. Someone is playing clarinet at the hockey game
6. The guitar could not be heard at the ping pong game
7. None of the dogs are playing ping pong at the park
8. The border collie likes eating ice cream
9. One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers
10. The ice cream stand is not next to the baseball game

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Border Collie at the Lake, Golden Retriever at the Beach.
2. Clue 7: “None of the dogs are playing ping pong at the park” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Park.
3. Clue 2: “The tuba music and the akita have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Tuba can't be at the Beach or Lake.
4. Clue 4: “The border collie is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
5. Clue 8: “The border collie likes eating ice cream” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
6. Clue 9: “One dog is playing tuba and eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food; Tuba must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
7. Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Beach.
8. Clue 2: “The tuba music and the akita have one location between them” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
9. Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Park.
10. Clue 5: “Someone is playing clarinet at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Park.
11. Clue 10: “The ice cream stand is not next to the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Baseball can't be at the Trail.
12. Clue 3: “The trumpet music is left of the hot dog stand, is left of the border collie” Given what we know so far, Trumpet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
13. Clue 1: “The hockey game is not next to the trumpet music” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Trail.
14. Clue 5: “Someone is playing clarinet at the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports; Clarinet must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
15. Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Trail.
16. Clue 6: “The guitar could not be heard at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
17. Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.

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

6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1819

22 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 36 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 86% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: At the far right, At the far left, Next to, Diagonally adjacent, Same location, Left of, At a location.

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The setup

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

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

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs
Flowers	Iris					Poppy
Instruments			Flute
Junk Food			Hot Dog
Sports
Vegetables

Clues

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

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1819

20 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 52 solving steps.

●●○○○ Difficulty 2/5: easier than 62% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Knight's move, Same location, Two locations between, At the far left, Left of, Equidistant, Symmetric around the center, Diagonally adjacent, In order, left to right, In a middle location, At least N apart, One location between.

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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			Guitar
Junk Food
Sports			Tennis Ball
Vegetables

Clues

1. The ice cream stand and the turnip patch are at knight's move distance
2. Guitar music is coming from the poppy garden
3. The zinnia garden and the hot dog stand are at the same location
4. The hamburger stand and the golden retriever have two locations between them
5. Someone heard a dog playing piano at the park
6. The flute music and the garlic patch are at the same location
7. The poppy garden and the akita are at the same location
8. The tuba music is left of the dahlia garden
9. The baseball game is equidistant from the donut stand and the cattle dog
10. The dahlia garden and the donut stand are at the same location
11. The soccer game and the cosmo garden are at symmetric positions around the center
12. The lab mix likes eating pizza
13. The ping pong game is at the park
14. Flute music is coming from the iris garden
15. Saxophone could be heard catty-corner from the poppy garden
16. The dahlia garden is left of the sheltie, is left of the pepper patch
17. The pizza stand and the carrot patch have two locations between them
18. The cabbage patch is not at an edge
19. The hockey game and the tuba music are at least 2 locations apart
20. The donut stand and the broccoli patch have one location between them

Show the step-by-step solution

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

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