Eternal punishment in the Netherlands? (9)
I believe the answer is:
damnation
'eternal punishment' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'in the netherlands?' is the wordplay.
'in the' becomes 'dam' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'netherlands?' becomes 'nation' (netherlands is a kind of nation).
'dam'+'nation'='DAMNATION'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for damnation that I've seen before include "Curse" , "Infernal punishment" , "27 [HELL]" , "Mild oath" , "Eternal punishment" .)