two to finish

[saoirs]

1 thus father came to be called Pop in America[4]
2 almost called to tell you three quarters of the country is like three sevenths of its capital [3] r?n
many thanks

[bibblebub]

1 soda
2 ran ?

[bibblebub]

2 yes ran - ran(g) / (i)ran / ran(goon) - strange clue

[FoxLee2]

You've mixed up two countries and their capitals - Rangoon was the old capital of what was Burma. Capital of Iran is TeheRAN

[bibblebub]

yep your right

[saoirs]

bibblebub and foxlee2 many thanks for such prompt replies and explanation of no. 2 and wishing you the joys of Christmas