| 100% | BUN | 3 | Hot cross ___ (traditionally eaten on Good Friday in some parts of the world) |
| 43% | BOXINGDAY | 9 | December 26, in some parts of the world...or an apt title for this puzzle given the "gifts" contained inside four answers |
| 41% | HOTCROSSBUN | 11 | Spiced roll traditionally eaten on Good Friday |
| 40% | GUMBO | 5 | ___ z'herbes (stew traditionally eaten on Good Friday) |
| 39% | SODA | 4 | Drink that's called "pop" in some parts of the country |
| 36% | METEOR | 6 | Part of a hot shower in the sky |
| 35% | VALLEY | 6 | Death __, US desert, one of the hottest in world |
| 35% | CREAM | 5 | The good part of the crop, in saying |
| 35% | AIRMAN | 6 | Part of a Tuskegee-trained force in the Second World War |
| 34% | TVTABLES | 8 | Surfaces to eat on in front of the tube |
| 34% | HOTCROSS | 8 | Type of buns often eaten on Good Friday |
| 34% | REGIONS | 7 | Parts of the world |
| 34% | AREA | 4 | Part of the world |
| 34% | ASIA | 4 | Part of the world |
| 34% | XXXX | 4 | Part of the crossword where all these animals live; some might also live in another kind of place |
| 34% | EEL | 3 | Food traditionally eaten on Japan's Doyo no Ushi no Hi ("Midsummer Day of the Ox") |
| 34% | ETS | 3 | Some warriors in "War of the Worlds" |
| 33% | CROP | 4 | Expanded part of the oesophagus in birds in which food is stored before passing on to the gizzard |
| 33% | HOTCROSSBUNS | 12 | Items eaten on Good Friday |
| 32% | ANGEL | 5 | ___ Falls, waterfall that is part of the Canaima National Park which is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Venezuela |
| 32% | SID | 3 | Caesar in “History of the World, Part I” |
| 32% | POP | 3 | Soda, in some parts of America |
| 32% | CINE | 4 | "Theater" in some parts of Europe |
| 32% | EXIST | 5 | Be a part of the world |
| 32% | SUDAN | 5 | Northeast African country home to Wadi Halfa- one of the hottest places in the world |
| 32% | ELLIS | 5 | Kendall ___, sprinter who was a part of the team who set the world record for distance medley relay in 2022 |
| 32% | IGLOOS | 6 | Quarters seen in some parts of Canada |
| 32% | EVIL | 4 | "Most of the ___ in this world is done by people with good intentions": T.S. Eliot |
| 32% | ASIA | 4 | Part of the Old World |
| 32% | EUROPE | 6 | Part of the Old World |