Possible Clues:

• Doggedly pursuing decimal basis for each urban area
• Hanging on to more than one over the eight on a town
• Yet it can provide firmness of purpose
• Persistent determination, doggedness
• Perseverance from number visiting a large town
• Resolution X passed by a municipality
• Figure a place like Damascus shows resolve
• Determination
• Resolve mainly intact, yet must be broken
• Persistent determination