I am a yellow or orange harvest crop, but I am also a racquet sport and what you do when you step on a bug. What am I?
Squash
The riddle uses the homonym 'squash.' As a noun, it refers to the harvest vegetable group including butternut and acorn squash. It also names an indoor racquet game, while as a verb, it means to crush something flat underfoot.
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