| CAROL | "I Saw Three |
| SAILING | "I saw three ships come ___ in" |
| SHIPS | "I saw three ___" carol lyrics |
| NOEL | "I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In," e.g. |
| LEASH | I saw three bulldogs on the outskirts of Halse, running around free, which should have been on a lead (5) |
| WASSAIL | Was a number of ships required? Try ?I saw three ships', perhaps |
| STAGEWHISPER | Saw three pigs cast aside |
| WATERSHED | TV transition saw three D misused |
| WREATHES | Saw three variegated snakes (8) |
| AIR | Wyoming saw 3 hot ___ balloons crash (3) |
| CUT | Hew or saw (3) |
| WAS | Has been returning saw (3) |
| POPEYED | Staring in amazement at what father saw (3-4) |
| EYEWITNESS | Note the old ingenuity on head of one who saw (3-7) |
| VENIVIDIVICI | I came, I saw, I conquered (Latin) |
| CAME | I ..., I saw, I conquered |
| BATH | "I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my ___ toys were a toaster and a radio" (Joan Rivers) |
| VIDI | Veni, ____, vici: I came, I saw, I conquered (Suet. Div. Iul. 37) |
| VENI | _ ,Vidi,vici: I came, I saw, I conquered? |
| ERE | "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" (loquacious claim from someone distracted by sexy British actor Idris, and also a palindrome I guess) |