| ASOKA | Emperor of India c. 269-232 BC who converted to Buddhism and elevated it to the official state religion (5) |
| DENIZEN | Resident has Enid converted to Buddhism |
| ALANKNOTT | Wicketkeeper who effected a record 269 Test dismissals for England |
| PERCH | PlusWord No 269 |
| RATIO | Relationship? Artist elevated it with love (5) |
| SENILITY | Decay? Poem elevated it years afterwards (8) |
| DOWNING | - Street, road home to the official residences of the prime minister and chancellor of the exchequer (7) |
| HIMACHALPRADESH | Himalayan state of northern India home to the official residence of the Dalai Lama (8,7) |
| SENNACHERIB | King of Assyria (c. 705-681 BC) who rebuilt the city of Nineveh and made it his capital (11) |
| SHAHJAHAN | Mogul emperor of India who commissioned the building of the Taj Mahal in 1632 (4,5) |
| GOTHS | Germanic people who converted to Arian Christianity, evangelised by the preacher Ulfilas in the fourth century AD (5) |
| LEHMANN | German player Jens ___, who, at 38 years and 232 days, was the oldest player to appear in the main Euro tournament (in 2008) |
| IKTINOS | Athenian architect of the 5th century BC who co-designed the Parthenon with Callicrates and the sculptor Phidias (7) |
| SOLON | Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and elegiac poet, c. 638 BC-558 BC, who sought to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in Athens |
| PHIDIAS | Greek sculptor of the 5th century BC who directed the carving of the Elgin Marbles (7) |
| TANTRISM | Movement in Buddhism and Hinduism that emphasises the division of the universe into male and female |
| EPICURUS | Philosopher of ancient Greece (341-270 BC) who believed that 'pleasure is the beginning and end of living happily' (8) |
| GOLDENDELICIOUS | Variety of sweet apple which is the official state fruit of West Virginia (6,9) |
| QURANDURAN | Nickname of a boxer who converted to Islam? |
| EDWIN | King of Northumbria who converted to Christianity (5) |
