| SHORTCHANGE | Brusque convert to diddle (5-6) |
| DAYTRIPPER | In smart clothing, I try to diddle tourist |
| OVERTHEMOON | Phrase from the rhyme 'Hey, Diddle, Diddle', which means delighted (4,3,4) |
| CATHOLICISM | To become allies with France, Charles II promised to convert to this religion |
| MAKEBELIEVE | Pretended to convert to Christianity? |
| FROZENASSET | *Holding that's hard to convert to cash |
| AMERICANIZE | Convert to McDonald's, the Gap, etc. |
| CORPORATISE | Convert to an independent commercial company |
| RETRANSLATE | Convert to English again, say |
| DRUNKENNESS | Imaginary convert to Christianity (4,7) |
| FIDDLE | The one of the 1/5 with a name that recalls 'Hey Diddle Diddle' (3,3,6) |
| CATAND | The one of the 1/5 with a name that recalls 'Hey Diddle Diddle' (3,3,6) |
| SPOON | Who the Dish ran away with in the nursery rhyme, 'Hey Diddle Diddle' (5) |
| CATANDTHEFIDDLE | After hey, diddle, diddle; the confusion of Cath, Fidel and Ted (3,3,3,6) |
| THECAT | "Hey diddle diddle" follower |
| THECOW | Moon jumper, in "Hey Diddle Diddle" |
| HEY | "___ Diddle Diddle" |
| SWIZZ | Diddle (5) |
| MULCT | Diddle (5) |
| AND | "Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat ___ the fiddle..." |
