Crossword Clue - No Tonic In This Place Of Trial 9)

[Techie57]

No tonic in this place of trial (9)
Place

[bobbinwales]

condition if the clue starts something like I do tonic

[bobbinwales]

any letters placed??

[bobbinwales]

Ok i'll leave it to others.... looking at your other posts I guess this is not froma crossword... is the Bible places quiz???

[Calibax]

A gin court

[bobbinwales]

Well done. Its the extra word place that made me realis ethis was a quiz... Techies posted quiz questions like this before

[Techie57]

Thank you. It is a quiz and says it’s places of historical and geographical global events - not religious.
One word 9 letters.
Apologies for lack of info.

[bhg481]

Calibax - good one! I've been working on an anagram and getting nowhere.

[bobbinwales]

Yeah, the more info the better,,,, I might of got it as it as i guessed it has COURT in but couldnt justify courtroom

[Techie57]

Next -

Source of a letter to the pope, a smokie one? (8)

[bhg481]

Grasping at straws but CARDINALs choose a pope and the smoke produced by burning the voting papers indicates whether or not a decision has been reached.

[Moorea7]

Could be referring to the Arbroath smokie but cannot parse.

[bobbinwales]

Like the thinking...but are we looking for a place again tho?

[Techie57]

Yes these are all places

Different question- not one of Fred Astaire’s victories! (10)

[bobbinwales]

I tried looking for Smokie songs.
My first thought was a cigarette brand... Marlboro jumped out.... but cant see a historical place

[Moorea7]

Arbroath is a town in Scotland! Declaration of Arbroath was signed there.

[bobbinwales]

Yes, my comment was to bhgs CARDINALS suggestion

[Techie57]

Next question- Browning thought this crossing was too far (6)

[bobbinwales]

Bridge

[bobbinwales]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075784/characters/nm0001958

[Calibax]

^Arnhem maybe if we are looking for place names?