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Have been puzzling over these two for ages, need help! 27a Thirty-nine books were sufficient for this Italian port o?r?n?o (am I being thick?) 46d Knowledgeable about Martini's third Italian anthem i?t?o?t
I think there must be a new compiler as have found the last three cryptics much harder than usual.

introit

otranto

The second one is introit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introit

3rd letter of martini with "into it"

thank you so much djawhufc, I would never have got either of those. Can you explain why introit, still can't get it?

No problem.

As caroline says

Knowledgeable= into it
Third letter of martini is R

Hence Int (r) oit which is a religious anthem I think

thank you both so much. Can you explain otranto too?

39 books in the Old Testament = OT
Ran to, past tense of run to = sufficient

I can see new testament and old testament
Was the answer to 39 RAO?

of course mamya,well done