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1. manger.......laid him in a manger
2. afraid. ....... they were sore afraid
3. joseph........ and joseph also went up
4. bethlehem. ....even unto bethlehem
5. heavenly. .....a multitude of the heavenly host
6. pass............it came to pass
7. child. ......... being great with child
8. field............shepherds abiding in the field
9. world..........the world should be taxed
10. wrapped.........wrapped him in swaddling clothes
11. angel..........and lo the angel of the lord
12. men. ..........good will toward men
13. tidings........I bring you good tidings
14. mary..........to be taxed with mary
15. decree........there went out a decree

I am SO jealous. This looked wonderful but daunting, and I've been utterly swamped (I've even got jury duty!). I'm impressed, THEAMBLER and phillip. Peace and goodwill. +

Hi Phillip
WELL DONE
ALL RIGHT
Are you going to try to unravel the bit at the end????? (Part the Third)
(Remember -- Gaul was divided into 3 parts!!!)
Of course this BIT is now open to THE WORLD
(inc New York!!!
Will keep watching and waiting.
Kind Regs
THEA

Hello THEAMBLER, I've got to hand it to you, you compile a mean puzzle. I think it's a great pity that more people don't have a go at solving them. Thanks very much for this one. I think I'll bow out now.

Congratulations,Philip,and Thea,many thanks! I'm sure I speak for a few others when I say it was very difficult:after hours of brainracking I got about half,but even with the solutions could not follow all the reasoning.Even worse, it's not clear to me how to proceed to Step Three:do you mean the remaining letters in the alphabet for each section? Furthermore it is impossible via google to fathom your reference to the music:I'm neither a classical fan nor UK resident,so it remains quite incomprehensible.And how on earth does your latest tip fit in?Seriously,the ideas were very interesting,but the formulations possibly just a little bit too cryptic, don't you think? Even if I'm the only one left who refuses to give up completely,I think (in fact I'm sure) you'll have to give "us" (?!) a further tiny tip!Despite everything I admire your originality,though!

Great puzzle Thea, and well done Phillip
I have only been watching from the sidelines and could not even begin to solve any. I echo what greedykite has said in regards to the complexity of the last part. So I will be intrigued to see the result, and amazed at the person who solves it.
I'm sure there are many others who have been absorbed by this, but have not posted.
J

Wow Phillip and double wow Thea I can only echo jazzgirl's comments - how DO you do it??
I am still trying to puzzle out the answers given by Phillip!
Peace and goodwill to all.

Hi All
Thank you all so much for nice comments!!!!
I think if nobody has PROGRESSED by 9.00pm
Tonight i'll either add extra guidance or DENOUE the whole puzzle.
So you have about 8 hours to read the small print and have a BASH
NOWELL, NOWELL, ALLELUIA
THEA

THEA is so clever he's terrifying!!

Is he giving a big hint by using the words

NOWELL, NOWELL, ALLELUIA (and perhaps BASH)

Damned if I know!

Sorry, on re-reading GK's post that must have been fairly obvious!

Could he be saying "NO L" ?