| SUNBEAMS | They're hot cross buns with the same ingredients (8) |
| REHASH | Registered two types of drugs to make something with the same ingredients (6) |
| SULTANAS | Dried seedless green grapes baked in bread-and-butter puddings, fruit scones, simnel cakes and hot cross buns (8) |
| CINNAMON | Spice derived from a lauraceous Sri Lankan tree, used to flavour carrot cakes, baked apples, pastries and hot cross buns (8) |
| CHILLIES | Relax - energy is around, and they're hot (8) |
| BIANNUAL | Every six months, a bun with nail is hammered (8) |
| ORANGE | Citrus fruit with blossom used in bridal bouquets or perfumery and zest baked in hot cross buns, simnel cakes and the Greek Easter bread tsoureki (6) |
| THOROUGH | Hot, cross and rocky, but carried out completely (8) |
| ICERS | They cross hot cross buns |
| ROCKCAKE | With vintage recipes by Isabella Beeton and by Constance Spry, an old-fashioned type of fruited bun with a rough sugared surface, supposedly resembling a stone (4,4) |
| CAKEHOLE | Chops and bun with jam |
| OVERTAKE | Pass by plain bun with no topping |
| BARMCAKE | Type of bun with flour on top that originated in Lancashire |
| ONEA | "___ penny, two..." ("Hot Cross Buns" line) |
| LENT | Time for hot cross buns |
| TWOAPENNY | Cheap and plentiful, like hot cross buns? |
| TWOA | ... ___ penny hot cross buns: 2 wds. |
| MIXEDSPICE | Quatre epices-like ingredient used to flavour hot cross buns, carrot cakes, Christmas cakes, bara br |
| EASTER | Hot cross buns festival |
| YEAST | Preparation used in brewing or as a raising agent in baked goods including bread, croissants, crumpets. hot cross buns and pizza dough (5) |
