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Puzzle 417

At last week's Girl Guide's picnic, four girls were tucking into their packed lunches. Jane had muffins but Denise didn't have orange juice. The girl who had blackcurrant juice also had scones and Frankie had blueberry juice. The girl who had cake also had strawberry juice, whereas Alice didn't have the strawberry juice nor toast. Can you work out who had which drink and which dessert?

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Puzzle 418

Without using any reference material can you find the hidden countries? In each case, the letter indicates the first letter of the country in question, the number represents the number of letters in the country. For example, E7 would be England.
Z6, L10, I9, E7, B6, J7, P8, M10, P4, F4

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Puzzle 419

What starts with an E, ends with an E …

… and usually contains only one letter?

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Puzzle 420

Using a tap, a nine gallon container and a four gallon container …

… can you measure exactly 6 gallons?

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