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Puzzle 197 


Can you complete the following four 5-letter words?

The missing letters, in order, spell an animal.
--ute
c--el
st--g
car--

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Puzzle 198 


How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?

Rooks On B3, C7, F5

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Puzzle 199 


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 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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