Rte Christmas Crossword 2017

[vinpaul]

Just a two left, any help appreciated
43ac "A hill in the Holy City is linked to the word " (4) ?I?N. (is it SIGN or ZION)
58dn "Mush-mush!" goes the leader of the pack -even if the letters don't stack as such (6) R?D?L? RIDDLE is suggested but I can't make the link.

[gangesboy]

43 Zion . A hill/mountain where Moses received the commandments (word) ?

[gangesboy]

Oops ..apparently it was mount Sinai not zion

[gangesboy]

Zion is another name for Jerusalem (holy city} don’t know if that’s the parsing

[vetuste_ennemi]

Sion is an alternative spelling, but can't parse.

[SallyHarper]

43A vida.

[SallyHarper]

Where are you getting the N at the end?

[Mamyalynne]

How are you parsing Vida?

I was toying Sion too, 'is' back but the clue gives no clear instruction.

[SallyHarper]

Honestly it doesn’t parse but I find a lot of them don’t! I had Riddle for the other one but cararuby’s Rudolf suggestion makes sense.

[MABWAT]

Canton?

[fiction-factory]

Yes, definitely Rudolf. I read somewhere on here that "mush mush" is the term used as an instruction to reindeer, or something like that