| 100% | COMMUNION | 9 | Holy __; sharing of bread and wine in churches |
| 68% | EUCHARIST | 9 | Bread and wine ritual sharing in churches |
| 50% | COMMUNION | 9 | Christian tradition of sharing bread and wine |
| 46% | AER | 3 | Name of the large veil used to cover the bread and wine for the Eucharist in the Eastern Orthodox Church |
| 43% | WITE | 4 | Saint whose relics were accidentally discovered in 1900 at the Church of the Holy Cross and St. Candida in Dorset, UK |
| 41% | YEAST | 5 | Ingredient in beer, wine and bread |
| 41% | ALTAR | 5 | Church table for consecrating bread and wine |
| 40% | CARBS | 5 | Type of nutrients in bread, pasta and potatoes |
| 40% | EUCHARIST | 9 | Christian ritual of consecrating bread and wine |
| 39% | ROTI | 4 | Type of unleavened bread popular in India and the Caribbean |
| 38% | TEA | 3 | Drink with jam and bread, in a "Sound of Music" song |
| 38% | THALI | 5 | In Indian cookery, a meal of several small dishes accompanied by rice and bread |
| 38% | TEA | 3 | Drink with jam and bread, in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 38% | SEMILLON | 8 | White wine grape grown in Australia and the Bordeaux area of France |
| 37% | OGEE | 4 | Common architectural shape often seen in doors and windows of churches and mosques |
| 37% | EUCHARIST | 9 | Christian sacrament in which the Last Supper is commemorated by the consecration of bread and wine |
| 37% | LENT | 4 | Period of forty weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday in the Christian Church |
| 36% | KINGARTHUR | 10 | *He threw the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" |
| 36% | EUCHARIST | 9 | Christian rite with bread and wine |
| 36% | ASPERGES | 8 | Rite of sprinkling holy water at the beginning of the Mass in the Catholic Church |
| 36% | REMICK | 6 | Lee —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Days of Wine and Roses |
| 35% | LEAVENED | 8 | Unlike bread on Passover, and like four of the five sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 35% | TEA | 3 | "A drink with jam and bread" or a solfege note in a "The Sound of Music" song |
| 35% | KATSU | 5 | Breaded and fried, in Japanese cuisine |
| 34% | TERIYAKI | 8 | In Japanese cookery, a dish of meat basted with soy sauce and rice wine and broiled over an open fire |
| 34% | NINO | 4 | Basilica Minore del Santo ___ de Cebú (church designated the "Mother and Head of all Churches in the Philippines") |
| 34% | CHIANTI | 7 | "Nice" wine Hannibal Lecter says he drank with liver and fava beans in "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| 34% | WHITHORN | 8 | Royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway; location of Candida Casa, a 5th-century church established by St Ninian |
| 34% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 34% | ITSELF | 6 | In and of ___ |