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Daily Logic Puzzles: Wednesday, September 23, 2026

The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from September 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 53 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 #1849

6 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 9 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 95% of all 2,500 4x4 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: 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
• 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	Hot Dog
Sports		Ping Pong

Clues

1. The akita likes eating hamburgers
2. The akita is playing tennis
3. The tuba player is left of the ice cream stand
4. The border collie plays the clarinet
5. The baseball game is at the park
6. Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Ping Pong at the Beach, Hot Dog at the Park, Akita at the Lake, Cattle Dog at the Beach.
2. Clue 5: “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 6: “Someone heard a dog playing guitar at the park” Given what we know so far, Guitar must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
4. Clue 1: “The akita likes eating hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
5. Clue 2: “The akita 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.
6. Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Trail.
7. Clue 3: “The tuba player is left of the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Ice Cream must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
8. Only one location is left open. Donut goes at the Beach.
9. Clue 4: “The border collie plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Border Collie 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.

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

4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1849

6 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 11 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 96% of all 2,500 4x4 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: At the far right, At the far left, Next to, Equidistant.

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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			Clarinet	Trumpet
Junk Food			Hamburger
Sports

Clues

1. The akita is having a walk at the lake
2. The baseball game is at the park
3. The hot dog stand is next to the hockey game
4. The tennis game is equidistant from the tuba music and the akita
5. The cattle dog is equidistant from the donut stand and the ping pong game
6. The border collie is next to the hot dog stand

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Trumpet at the Lake, Clarinet at the Trail, Hamburger at the Trail.
2. Clue 1: “The akita is having a walk at the lake” Given what we know so far, Akita must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
3. Clue 2: “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.
4. Clue 3: “The hot dog stand is next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Puck can't be at the Lake.
5. Clue 4: “The tennis game is equidistant from the tuba music and the akita” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Tennis Ball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
6. Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Park.
7. Only one location is left open. Puck goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
8. Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Lake.
9. Clue 3: “The hot dog stand is next to the hockey game” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
10. Clue 6: “The border collie is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
11. Clue 5: “The cattle dog is equidistant from the donut stand and the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food; Cattle Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.

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

6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1849

23 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 42 solving steps.

●●●○○ Difficulty 3/5: easier than 48% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: At the far right, Same location, Different locations, Diagonally adjacent, Left of, 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, 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
Instruments		Clarinet
Junk Food
Sports
Vegetables	Carrot

Clues

1. Cosmos are growing at the farm
2. The akita is having a walk at the farm
3. The cabbage patch and the ice cream stand are at the same location
4. The guitar music and the turnip patch are at the same location
5. The saxophone could not be heard at the ping pong game
6. Guitar could be heard catty-corner from the zinnia garden
7. The flute player is left of the hot dog stand
8. The hockey game and the dahlia garden are at the same location
9. The hockey game is left of the hamburger stand
10. A clarinet could be heard next to the tennis game
11. The soccer game and the chrysanthemum garden are at the same location
12. The cabbage patch is next to the poppy garden
13. The soccer game is left of the pepper patch
14. The cattle dog plays the saxophone
15. The turnip patch and the french fries stand are at the same location
16. The baseball game is next to the cattle dog
17. The clarinet music is next to the border collie
18. Someone heard a dog playing tuba at the trail
19. The broccoli patch is at the lake
20. Irises are growing at the park
21. The hamburger stand is at the trail
22. The pizza stand is at the farm
23. The golden retriever is having a walk at the snow

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1849

22 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 53 solving steps, including 1 that need a “what if” test.

●●●●○ Difficulty 4/5: harder than 61% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Next to, One of two locations, Two locations between, Same location, At the far right, At the far left, In order, left to right, In a middle location, Diagonally adjacent, Closer to, Odd location, Left of, Different locations, Symmetric around the center.

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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		Sheltie
Flowers				Chrysanthemum
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports
Vegetables

Clues

1. Chrysanthemums are growing next to the hamburgers
2. The chrysanthemum garden is next to the border collie
3. The soccer game is at the Snow or the Trail
4. The french fries stand and the clarinet music have two locations between them
5. The ping pong game is next to the french fries stand
6. The hot dog stand and the turnip patch are at the same location
7. Poppies are growing at the farm
8. Someone heard a dog playing piano at the park
9. The zinnia garden is left of the border collie, is left of the pizza stand
10. The broccoli patch is not at an edge
11. The akita is having a walk at the farm
12. The donut stand is catty-corner to the baseball game
13. The pizza stand is closer to the cattle dog than to the cabbage patch
14. The saxophone music is at the park, trail, or snow
15. The golden retriever likes to eat carrot
16. The flute music is left of the turnip patch
17. Someone is playing flute at the tennis game
18. The hamburger stand and the cosmo garden are at the same location
19. The sheltie is playing hockey
20. The baseball game and the iris garden are at the same location
21. The tuba could not be heard at the football game
22. The soccer game and the pepper patch are at symmetric positions around the center

Show the step-by-step solution

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

Show the final answer

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

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