New Delhi, July 20 -- The answer to today's Contexto (#1401) for July 20, 2026, is CELERY.

If you want to close the gap on your own before seeing the solution, here are three hints ordered from vague to specific.

Hint 1: Think vegetables-specifically, the kind found in the produce aisle that is eaten raw as much as cooked.

Hint 2: This vegetable is often sold in bunches of long, ribbed stalks. It is crunchy, low in calories, and almost always present in a crudite spread.

Hint 3: It turns up in Bloody Marys, in mirepoix alongside carrots and onions, and in the classic snack known as ants on a log. A famous ancient city also starts with the same five letters.

Contexto #1401 answer:

CELERY

CELERY is a marshland plant of the family Api...