BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 197

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 198

Below are ten everyday words, each of which has had some letters removed. The letters removed form either a boy's or a girl's name.

For example, if the word was PAN---IME, the answer might be PANTOMIME. Can you determine the original words?
demi----
---ple
absor---t
he---che
sc----r
----ionaire
break---ce
monog---
-----incense
s---ly

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Puzzle 199

At the recent BrainBashers code-breaking convention, Billie Brisk won the speed contest.

The following sentence was deciphered in a record time of 123 seconds.

What was the well-known saying, and how has it been encrypted?
MOOT CYNA SKOO IOPS EHTL TORB YCBH

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Puzzle 200

This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel.

In order to open the safe, you have to press every single square once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the square marked E.

Each square indicates which square to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 squares and 3R means move right 3 squares.

Can you determine which square you must start with?

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the safe buttons cannot be clicked.

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