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Straightforward
Look for four entries beginning with G, N, P and S. These initials are in sorted order.
GRAZE belongs in this group.
EAT A LITTLE
A little trickier
Keep after someone or something you want to reach.
HUNT belongs in this group.
PURSUE
More challenging
Look for four entries beginning with B, P, S and V. These initials are in sorted order.
BEANS belongs in this group.
INGREDIENTS IN MINESTRONE
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In this recorded minestrone group, STOCK means cooking liquid used as a soup base. BEANS, PASTA and VEGETABLES are the other ingredients named in the group. Minestrone recipes vary, so the recorded category is not a claim that every recipe uses exactly these ingredients. This is the cooking noun sense of STOCK, rather than its financial or supply-as-a-verb senses.
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STOCK has a cooking noun sense: liquid made from meat, bones or vegetables and used as a soup or stew base. It also has a verb sense of supplying material requirements or providing supplies.
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Minestrone is an Italian vegetable soup often containing legumes such as beans and sometimes pasta or rice. It has no fixed recipe, and ingredients vary.
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Wordplay & surprises
Try adding the same ending to each entry.
BROAD belongs in this group.
___CAST
Each entry comes before "CAST" to form a word, expression or name: BROAD → BROAD CAST; FORE → FORE CAST; POD → POD CAST; TYPE → TYPE CAST.
All four categories and their words, together.
Yellow
GRAZE · NIBBLE · PECK · SNACK
Green
HUNT · STALK · TRACK · TRAIL
Blue
BEANS · PASTA · STOCK · VEGETABLES
Purple
BROAD · FORE · POD · TYPE
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