| QURANDURAN | Nickname of a boxer who converted to Islam? |
| SAROJ | Bollywood choreographer who converted to Islam after her marriage to Roshan Khan (first name) (5) |
| SONNYBILL | Bulldogs' 2004 Rookie of the Year who converted to Islam in 2009, ... ... Williams (5,4) |
| TUUNGAFASI | Ofa - - - , All Black prop who this year converted to Islam (10) |
| ASOKA | Emperor of India c. 269-232 BC who converted to Buddhism and elevated it to the official state religion (5) |
| EDWIN | King of Northumbria who converted to Christianity, venerated as a saint after his death in battle (5) |
| SECOND | A sexagesimal division of a minute; the "silver" place in a race; or, from "follow", a word for an assistant, such as that of a boxer, duellist or sixer (6) |
| KATECAPSHAW | Actress who converted to Judaism before her 1991 wedding to Steven Spielberg: 2 wds. |
| MARILYNMONROE | Actress who converted to Judaism before her 1956 wedding to Arthur Miller: 2 wds. |
| IVANKATRUMP | Businesswoman who converted to Judaism before her 2009 wedding to Jared Kushner: 2 wds. |
| BORNAGAIN | Describes someone who's converted to a new religion (or been reincarnated, perhaps?) (4-5) |
| NUSSBAUM | Martha _ US philosopher who converted to Judaism (8) |
| KAREEM | First name taken by basketball player Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr when he converted to Islam (6) |
| GOTHS | Germanic people who converted to Arian Christianity, evangelised by the preacher Ulfilas in the fourth century AD (5) |
| PAUNCH | Part of a boxer's repertoire to protect a midriff (6) |
| YOULLNEVERKNOW | Nutritionist's advice to a boxer who thinks he can beat the champ? |
| UNLESSYOUVITAMINS | Nutritionist's advice to a boxer who thinks he can beat the champ? |
| MECCARABBI | BBC AMERICA rebranded to cover a Jewish leader in the center of Islam? |
| DANA | Aaron's sister who wants to convert to Islam in EastEnders (4,6) |
| MONROE | Aaron's sister who wants to convert to Islam in EastEnders (4,6) |
