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Puzzle 401 



Can you find the encoded countries?

The letter indicates the first letter of the country, and the number represents the number of letters in the country.
H5 V9 D7 J7 F6 N6 P4 Z8 R7 Q5

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Puzzle 402 



Last week I spent half of my money on a new jacket, and then I spent half of that amount on some new trousers.

I was left with £32.94. How much did I spend?

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Puzzle 403 



My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault.

I listed five countries, and how far away each was from England, and here are the results:
Australia     500 miles
Peru        8,000 miles
India       4,500 miles
Scotland    9,500 miles
France        {?} miles

Can you work out the distance to France?

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Puzzle 404 



What 5-letter word can be added to the end of these words to make new words:

green out light bird boat club cook

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