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[JanL]

43a A port in the southwest Netherlands, in South Holland province, noteable for its gin distilleries (-c-i-d-m)
46a In the Apocrypha, a rich Israelite widow who saved her native town by decapitating Holofernes (j--i-h) Is it Judith?
44d The recurrence of the same initial sound of words in close succession, as in 'sing a song of sixpence' (--e-t-r-t--n)

[Paul21455]

43a) Schiedam

[linlam]

43a: Schiedam

44d: Alliteration

I'm stuck on the 46a too.

[beerbelly]

43a Schiedam
46a Judith
44d Alliteration ( check your spelling of Tassel )

[mitti]

the port is schiedam I think
the widow was Judith
and 44d is alliteration

[Big Al1st]

Hi Jan Reckon Judith

Famine undermines the courage of the besieged and they contemplate surrender, but Judith, a widow, upbraids them and says that she will deliver the city. She goes into the camp of the Assyrians and captivates Holofernes by her beauty, and finally takes advantage of the general's intoxication to cut off his head