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Currency of Iran? Wrong answer (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

naira

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'currency' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'iran? wrong answer' is the wordplay.
'wrong' is an anagram indicator.
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'iran' with letters rearranged gives 'nair'.
'nair'+'a'='NAIRA'

'of' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for naira that I've seen before include "piece of Nigerian money" , "foreign exchange" , "Foreign bread" , "Nigerian currency unit" , "Nigerian monetary unit" .)

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