Each word, name, and phrase below conceals a related word, with the letters in consecutive left-to-right order. Can you spot them?

FOUR CORNERS
LONGHORNED BEETLE
KALEIDOSCOPE
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
COSMO KRAMER

Answer:

Each clue conceals the name of a vegetable:

four CORNers
longhorned BEETle
KALEidoscope
national arCHIVES
cosmO KRAmer 

Credit:
NY Times Crossword
June 25, 2017
Jacob Stulberg
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