Azed Competition No. 143 Azed Slip | ◀ 139 | 146 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143 | Dec 1974 | Jingle for BALTHAZAR, MELCHIOR, CASPAR | A jingle | 25 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. Allen Baker | With 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 | |
| Second | A. J. Holdstock | Merry Christmas, trio sage, Azed, too, and welcome ‘page’. Golden thoughts from a cross-worder, Incensed be not though rhymes are myrrhder! | |
| Third | R. Dean | Uranium ore and cobalt hazardous From Africa’s parched acres deeply mined; Accept them, elchi, orient ambassadors – And may your names forever be enshrined | |
| VHC | M. J. Balfour | By 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 | |
| VHC | M. Barnes | ‘Mary, 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.’ | |
| VHC | T. E. Bell | Be good as gold, be frank – incense No man, behave with reason, So may you earn your recompense, A ‘Myrrhy Christmas Season’! | |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | May 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 | |
| VHC | A. L. Dennis | When you travel never go far Planes are hi-jacked, crashes by car, Corpses counting, murders mounting, Bombs in the local bar | |
| VHC | M. A. Elder | The 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 | |
| VHC | H. J. Godwin | Q. Why is a star ’eavenly? A. Because it leads to no’ell (Noël) | |
| VHC | D. V. Harry | Oh, Kings of Eastern countries whence Came Gold, and Myrrh, and Frankincense, Grant us means to Honest Toil. Buddies, can you spare some Oil? | |
| VHC | S. Holgate | Orient 3, Spurs 1 (won) | |
| VHC | C. H. Hudson | You 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 | |
| VHC | W. Jackson | Caspar rex et Melchior Balthazarque lumine lucent Alphabetici claro iam aenigmatos. Vos, observatores Stellae, Stellae nunc Observatoris, die Salvatoris nostri Salutamus hodie | |
| VHC | Lieut-Col D. Macfie | Melchior 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! | |
| VHC | Mrs S. M. Macpherson | Our 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’ | |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Brave explorers, that high light Expressing Heaven’s eternal might Primarily reveals the spot Where Jesus lies – the town is what? | |
| VHC | S. L. Paton | Twinkle, twinkle, Superstar Guiding wise men from afar; Bet you never guessed He’d be Man’s excuse for gluttony | |
| VHC | B. A. Pike | It’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! | |
| VHC | C. J. B. Powell | Compare 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 | |
| VHC | A. J. Redstone | On 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 | |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Blest magi three – two white, one sable, Gift-bearers to a holy stable; Gifts that for infant King are meet, Gold, olibanum, cicely sweet | |
| VHC | C. E. Williams | Bringing costly Eastern presents All on camels neatly packed Was much slower than a Jumbo But at least you weren’t hi-jacked | |
| VHC | D. C. Williamson | Greetings from a fellow sage! I Bear three gifts as well, O Magi! You can win them (or be praised) In my Christmas Puzzle, Azed | |
| VHC | S. E. Woods | You didn’t call solo at the manger, He went misère, a little stranger | anag. of Three Wise Men |
HCs in competition 143 awarded to: