| PENINSULA | Almost an island to confine Saul after conversion (9) |
| STPAUL | Saul after his conversion |
| STARANISE | Look hard round an island to find seed pods |
| APOCRYPHA | Pray with chap after conversion, holding old scriptures (9) |
| FLUORESCE | After conversion, core fuels glow brightly (9) |
| LUTHERANS | Religious folk learn thus, after conversion (9) |
| MONETISED | After conversion, 1 x 500 turned into currency (9) |
| DEANERIES | They accommodate some in church, as needier after conversion (9) |
| UNITARIAN | Worshipper, nun after conversion welcoming it with song (9) |
| TREASURER | Funds manager is more confident after conversion of rate (9) |
| NEARTHING | Pole running into ground: almost an accident |
| OHMMETERS | They measure in millimetres or these after conversion |
| BLAMELESS | Bless male after conversion that's clear |
| STEELGREY | eg restyle, after conversion, in bluish colour (5,4) |
| RHODE | Almost an island, this island state (5) |
| HISPANIOLA | Ship travelling to an island to look round area? |
| MANTOMAN | Reciprocally, an island to provide with defenders in fight, ... (3,2,3) |
| TOMBOLO | Bar of sand or shingle joining an island to the mainland (7) |
| COSSACK | Russian finding an island to plunder |
| ANISE | A liquorice-flavoured plant from an island to the east |
