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Puzzle 269 


Below, 10 countries have been broken into chunks of letters.

The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.

Can you determine what the 10 countries are?
ezu itz zil ela bra gi ia
fi pan mba bel and ber zi
nl bo cam ven dia and um
sw bwe mex erl ico ja li

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Puzzle 270 


My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed a fault, I did a listing of miles from England to particular countries and here is the result:
Austria      1,800 miles
New Zealand  2,400 miles
Japan        1,200 miles
Brazil       1,400 miles

How far away did it list Argentina as?

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Puzzle 271 


During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a Morse code contest took place.

The contest consisted of a Morse code transmission where the spaces between the letters and words were missing.

Can you decipher the sequence and find 10 related words?

.....-----..-. ------.-...--.-- .--.-..-.....-...--.-- ....-.-...-.--. ....--..-...-.--. --..-..-...--.....- ....---..-.-. -.-..-..----.-.-.- .--..-.- ------.-....
Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a list of the Morse code characters:

A .-B -...C -.-.D -..E .F ..-.G --.H ....I ..J .---K -.-L .-..M --N -.O ---P .--.Q --.-R .-.S ...T -U ..-V ...-W .--X -..-Y -.--Z --..

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Puzzle 272 


Kevin wants to go and see his brother, who lives across the valley, and he wants to take his three pets with him, a dog, a cat, and a mouse.

However, the shortest way to his brother's house involves a river crossing, and Kevin only has a very small boat that can carry him and just one of his pets.

He doesn't want to leave the dog alone with the cat, nor does he want to leave the cat alone with the mouse. However, the dog and mouse are great friends.

How can Kevin cross the river to see his brother, and make sure his pets are all happy?

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