Azed Competition No. 143  Azed Slip  |  ◀  139  |  146  ▶  |  Other competitions  |  ordStats
No.DateClue wordClue typeClues
143 Dec 1974Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR A jingle25

 

AwardClue writerClueExplanation
FirstC. Allen BakerWith gifts weighed down, frost-flecked, adorned,
And star above, ye wise men three-O,
‘Tis little wonder, sirs, that ye
Might well be termed a Christmas tree-O
 
SecondA. J. HoldstockMerry Christmas, trio sage,
Azed, too, and welcome ‘page’.
Golden thoughts from a cross-worder,
Incensed be not though rhymes are myrrhder!
 
ThirdR. DeanUranium ore and cobalt hazardous
From Africa’s parched acres deeply mined;
Accept them, elchi, orient ambassadors –
And may your names forever be enshrined
 
VHCM. J. BalfourBy ruling (to Worthington) ‘—— is allowed,’
Ref made ——d and drew —— from crowd.
The game may be strange, but each blank you will find
Sounds wholly familiar to three of your kind
 
VHCM. BarnesMary, Joseph and Jesus’ Caspar swore
As he banged his head on the stable door.
Good thinking, your majesty’, Mary said,
I’d almost decided to call him Fred.’
 
VHCT. E. BellBe good as gold, be frank – incense
No man, behave with reason,
So may you earn your recompense,
A ‘Myrrhy Christmas Season’!
 
VHCC. O. ButcherMay your Christmas be merry and bright!
Though room at the inn is so tight,
The landlord will laugh, we surmise,
When told that there’s more come and wise
 
VHCA. L. DennisWhen you travel never go far
Planes are hi-jacked, crashes by car,
Corpses counting, murders mounting,
Bombs in the local bar
 
VHCM. A. ElderThe busy traffic must have been a sight
In crowded Bethlehem that starry night,
And while you knelt within the stable cold
With gifts of myrrh and frankincense and gold
You all got booked; you’ll have to pay a fine –
You’d parked three camels on the yellow line
 
VHCH. J. GodwinQ. Why is a star ’eavenly?
A. Because it leads to no’ell (Noël)
 
VHCD. V. HarryOh, Kings of Eastern countries whence
Came Gold, and Myrrh, and Frankincense,
Grant us means to Honest Toil.
Buddies, can you spare some Oil?
 
VHCS. HolgateOrient 3, Spurs 1 (won) 
VHCC. H. HudsonYou were three chiefs of Middle-East,
You the three Kings of Orient were –
The modern Sheik’s not in the least
Concerned with frankincense and myrrh.
You journeyed through the winter’s cold
To mark with gifts the angels’ news –
Your counterpart, agog for gold,
Just grabs his oily revenues
 
VHCW. JacksonCaspar rex et Melchior
Balthazarque lumine
lucent Alphabetici
claro iam aenigmatos.
Vos, observatores Stellae,
Stellae nunc Observatoris,
die Salvatoris nostri
Salutamus hodie
 
VHCLieut-Col D. MacfieMelchior oxen in the manger
(Caspardors for some?)
Balthazar better far than braces,
When it comes to parking gum.
– And a Vyrrhy Myrrhy Christmas to all!
 
VHCMrs S. M. MacphersonOur warmest Christmas wishes to your Majesties, all three,
Though you won’t arrive to read this card before Epiphany:
It’s not far now to Bethlehem; it really is a pity
You have to come by camel-train, and not by ‘Inter-City’
 
VHCD. F. ManleyBrave explorers, that high light
Expressing Heaven’s eternal might
Primarily reveals the spot
Where Jesus lies – the town is what?
 
VHCS. L. PatonTwinkle, twinkle, Superstar
Guiding wise men from afar;
Bet you never guessed He’d be
Man’s excuse for gluttony
 
VHCB. A. PikeIt’s pointless to wish you
A merry Christmas day:
While we’re all rejoicing
You’re still on your way.
It’s ironic that your majesties,
Bringing your gifts in state,
Will unfailingly, for evermore,
Be twelve days late!
 
VHCC. J. B. PowellCompare the nova which to you appears,
To a Persian king who’s fond of German beers;
The first is like a star that on high shines,
The second is a shah that likes his steins
 
VHCA. J. RedstoneOn that first Christmas, you’d only one star,
Princes with gifts for the Babe’s Adoration.
Everyone worships a new god, the car:
Come, bearing oil; ease five-star inflation
 
VHCW. K. M. SlimmingsBlest magi three – two white, one sable,
Gift-bearers to a holy stable;
Gifts that for infant King are meet,
Gold, olibanum, cicely sweet
 
VHCC. E. WilliamsBringing costly Eastern presents
All on camels neatly packed
Was much slower than a Jumbo
But at least you weren’t hi-jacked
 
VHCD. C. WilliamsonGreetings from a fellow sage! I
Bear three gifts as well, O Magi!
You can win them (or be praised)
In my Christmas Puzzle, Azed
 
VHCS. E. WoodsYou didn’t call solo at the manger,
He went misère, a little stranger
anag. of Three Wise Men
 

HCs in competition 143 awarded to:

Mrs A. BakerA. E. CrowA. H. JonesM. L. Perkins
Mrs P. A. BaxJ. H. DoranF. H. JonesMiss I. M. Raab
Brig R. V. M. BennP. DrummondMrs J. LaneD. R. Robinson
P. BermanMiss L. EveleighA. LawrieT. E. Sanders
Mrs K. BissettRev S. W. FloydJ. H. C. LeachD. A. Smith
J. BowkerP. D. GaffeyC. J. LoweD. J. Thorpe
D. L. BowronS. GoldieMrs J. MahoodL. J. Wayman
E. J. BurgeJ. GoldmanB. ManvellMrs M. P. Webber
D. A. H. ByattJ. J. GoulstoneE. McNealJ. F. N. Wedge
Mrs M. J. CansfieldMrs R. HarveyM. R. MetcalfRev C. D. Westbrook
R. L. ChambersMrs S. HewittD. P. M. MichaelMrs M. R. Wishart
E. S. ClarkN. L. HindleyF. E. Newlove 
P. R. ClemowP. HoltbyMrs M. Pender-Cudlip 
M. A. CooperG. JohnstoneR. G. Pentney