Azed Competition No. 1232 Azed Slip | ◀ 1229 | 1234 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1232 | Xmas 1995 | The world is too much with us; late and soon | Anagram | 29 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Rev Canon C. M. Broun | “Deus Homo Natus Est” – choir will do that now. | |
| Second | M. J. Bath | Odd, William, how that sour sonnet touches. | |
| Third | P. White | O, who wouldn’t shout a Christmastide ‘Noel!’? | |
| VHC | M. Barley | Son – out in some low hut to which star’d lead? | |
| VHC | Mrs A. Boyes | Rude hotel to oust woman with child on ass. | |
| VHC | Mrs A. R. Bradford | ‘White Christmas’ won’t do – shout a loud ‘Noel’. | |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | O star! Was it thou who so led men unto Child? | |
| VHC | Mrs M. J. Cansfield | At Christmas, should we do without Noel? No! | |
| VHC | P. A. Cash | To clue this, should I do harm to a W. W. sonnet? | |
| VHC | C. A. Clarke | Nicholson must hate what Tories would do. | |
| VHC | J. Crampsey | Christmas to dawn white; O shout loud Noel! | |
| VHC | D. B. Cross | Who’ll suit red costume with hood on – Santa? | |
| VHC | G. Cumming | We should do without Noel on at Christmas! | |
| VHC | N. C. Dexter | Inn without dual rooms has to let cowshed. | |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | Who aims not to salute the wondrous child? | |
| VHC | J. F. Grimshaw | White-out around Scottish lowland homes. | |
| VHC | C. R. Gumbrell | A wise lot must not show a child unto Herod. | |
| VHC | J. Harrington | We should not do Christmas without a noel. | |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Old ode – I show Man’s lost touch with Nature. | |
| VHC | E. M. Holroyd | Now dosh-mad toil with nature loses touch. | |
| VHC | J. C. Leyland | Holiest child, thou wast wonderous to man. | |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Mother-in-law would toss Di out – can she, tho’? | |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | How starlit – an outhouse – ’mid the cold snow! | |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | O how ‘I want to sell’ hounded out Christmas! | |
| VHC | Mrs H. Rogers | Honour two old lines that teach us wisdom. | |
| VHC | P. L. Stone | Di let us in on lots; how that charm wooed us! | |
| VHC | J. R. Tozer | We should not do without a Christmas ‘Noel’. | |
| VHC | A. P. Vincent | Cows out in the stall adore him – now do thus. | |
| VHC | P. J. Wagstaffe | Shout loud ‘Noel’; ‘A White Christmas’ won’t do! |
HCs in competition 1232 awarded to: