| 100% | BUN | 3 | Hot cross ___ (Easter pastry) |
| 76% | BUN | 3 | Hot cross ___ (bread associated with Easter) |
| 70% | BUN | 3 | Hot cross ___ (Easter delicacy) |
| 58% | BUNS | 4 | Hot cross __ |
| 56% | BUN | 3 | Hot cross ___, sweet treat |
| 54% | BUN | 3 | Hot cross ___ (Good Friday dish) |
| 54% | BUN | 3 | Hot cross ___ (Good Friday food) |
| 54% | LENTENTREAT | 11 | Hot cross bun, e.g. |
| 53% | TWOA | 4 | "...___ penny, hot cross buns" |
| 51% | LENT | 4 | Time for hot cross buns |
| 50% | LENT | 4 | When hot cross buns are eaten |
| 50% | LENT | 4 | Traditional time for hot cross buns |
| 50% | BUN | 3 | Word after cinnamon or hot cross |
| 50% | TWOA | 4 | "...___penny, hot cross buns": 2 wds. |
| 50% | TWOA | 4 | "... ___ penny, hot cross buns": 2 wds. |
| 50% | TWOA | 4 | "___ penny, hot cross buns": 2 wds. |
| 50% | TWOA | 4 | "...___ penny, hot cross buns": 2 wds. |
| 49% | CURRANT | 7 | Small dried fruit in hot cross buns |
| 47% | VEIN | 4 | Red Cross hot line? |
| 44% | BUN | 3 | Hot cross ___ (traditionally eaten on Good Friday in some parts of the world) |
| 43% | LOSESADAY | 9 | Crosses the international date line from east to west |
| 42% | MAZUREK | 7 | Flat Polish Easter cake of pastry, sponge, icing |
| 42% | BROOKLYN | 8 | __ Bridge, it crosses the East River in NY |
| 39% | ONEA | 4 | "Hot cross buns, _____ penny, two..." |
| 39% | BUNS | 4 | "Hot Cross ___" (children's song) |
| 36% | ONEA | 4 | Line starter in "Hot Cross Buns" |
| 34% | ONEA | 4 | "Hot cross buns, ___ penny ..." (nursery rhyme lyric): 2 wds. |
| 34% | ONEA | 4 | "Hot cross buns, ___ penny, two a penny...": 2 wds. |
| 33% | TRAM | 4 | Aerial streetcar that you could take to cross the East River in New York City |
| 32% | ONEA | 4 | "___ penny, two..." (lines from "Hot Cross Buns"): 2 wds. |