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What you need is
XMAS PRESCIENCE a little pun on ‘Xmas presents’.
Why?
Completed crossword
Method: After obtaining the answers and filling the gifts correctly match and wrap the ‘wraps’ answers around the presents in way which formulates five-letter words going down or across…
Then
Take letters in green which is an anagram. After solving the anagram you get the answer above!Thanks to Stiv for spotting how the OP actually wanted the extraction: if we superimpose the grids on top of each other and isolate the green squares reading the remainder anti clockwise we get our answer:
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$\begingroup$ Ah, I mistakenly thought that the rot13(ubfcvgny ebbzf jnf REF, fb V jnf jbaqrevat jul ab erfhygf sbe "HPYN YRF" ghearq hc va zl frnepu!) $\endgroup$oAlt– oAlt2024-12-21 15:26:54 +00:00Commented Dec 21, 2024 at 15:26
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2$\begingroup$ No need for an anagram even - read anti-clockwise :) $\endgroup$Stiv– Stiv2024-12-21 15:57:56 +00:00Commented Dec 21, 2024 at 15:57
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$\begingroup$ @stiv well spotted! $\endgroup$PDT– PDT2024-12-21 16:13:53 +00:00Commented Dec 21, 2024 at 16:13