| INCONVENIENT | Unsuitable to be in convent, that is with no head in it (12) |
| RETAKING | Serving up drink with no head in The Palace? Or doing it again as a test! (8) |
| NAMELESS | Unidentified beast with no head in place of monster (8) |
| AMISS | Unsuitable to be a friend to saints? (5) |
| OUTOFPLACE | Unsuitable to be emerging from 18-down, say (3,2,5) |
| HABITFORMING | Dressmaking in convent could become addictive (5-7) |
| EERIE | No head in the beer, that is strange (5) |
| AFISHOUTOFWATER | Cod in chipper is completely unsuitable to the environment it finds itself in (1,4,3,2,5) |
| NOOSE | I'll be hanged if I'll put my head in it! |
| SHEDALIGHT | A slight shake of the head in it will reveal something |
| APERTURE | A hole up a tree could show robin's head in it (8) |
| INSET | A group that is 'with it' may be let in (5) |
| BADHABIT | There could be at least one in convent nail biting (3,5) |
| THELASTSUPPER | Mural in convent: reworked that less nearer the ceiling |
| INAPT | Unsuitable to sleep in it |
| UNWORTHY | Unsuitable to open for U2 and One Direction over work with Yes (8) |
| FREAKY | Bizarre nose, but no head, in fish (6) |
| PRIORITY | Something superior; it's found in convent (8) |
| FRITILLARY | Plant to cultivate in convent |
| NUNS | Female ascetics living in convents or monasteries in Christian, Jain or Buddhist tradition |