| ANIMISTIC | It is manic, turning from old belief (9) |
| BACKTRACK | Withdraw from old beliefs (9) |
| FEISCEOIL | Life is manic around company boss creating music festival |
| RACEHORSE | Transport backed by heroes turning from much backed animal (9) |
| BUTTERFLIES | Lepidopterans such as Chalk Hill Blues, Clouded Yellows and Painted Ladies, whose name is thought to derive from an old belief that such insects stole churned cream (11) |
| MINICABS | Engineer is manic to restrict black vehicles picking up fares (8) |
| MARCONI | Italian inventor is manic or in an unsettled state (7) |
| EAGLE | An accipitrid bird of prey whose depiction as a church lectern stems from an old belief that said raptor was capable of staring directly at the sun, thus a symbol of the Word (5) |
| ASPHODEL | Yellow-flowered bog plant whose Latin name, ossifragum, refers to the old belief that sheep grazing on it developed brittle bones (8) |
| ISRAEL | Is Shakespearean king turning from country? |
| BATHE | Bill after turning from gas is steep |
| SHIBBOLETH | Old belief about his treatment of the blob (10) |
| CREDENCE | Cardinal in church once abandoning old belief |
| ETHER | Composition of the stars, in old belief |
| CAPEOFGOODHOPE | Head deity's mantle encapsulating old belief (4,2,4,4) |
| OPINION | Secure arms to support old belief |
| TROW | Old belief that the wort could be pulled back (4) |
| MONASTICISM | Tom is manic after conversion embracing start of such a life of devotion? (11) |
| TEAR | One of a series of lachrymal watery drops shed by humans or, according to old belief, crocodiles (4) |
| ANGELICA | "Heavenly" herb named for the old belief in its efficaciousness against poisoning or plague; or, said plant's green candied leaf-stalks, used in confectionery or to decorate trifles (8) |
