| OLAFI | Norwegian king who converted the Vikings to Christianity |
| SPAR | Iceland -; type of crystal used by the Vikings to find the direction of the sun as an aid for navigation (4) |
| HARALDHARDRADA | Norwegian king who made a failed claim on the English throne in 1066 (6,8) |
| OLAVI | Norwegian king who died in 1000 |
| EDWIN | King of Northumbria who converted to Christianity (5) |
| COLUMBA | Latin name of pigeons and doves; or, an Irish monk who founded a monastery on Iona where he converted the northern Picts to Christianity (7) |
| GOTHS | Germanic people who converted to Arian Christianity, evangelised by the preacher Ulfilas in the fourth century AD (5) |
| ASOKA | Emperor of India c. 269-232 BC who converted to Buddhism and elevated it to the official state religion (5) |
| ETHELBERT | King of Kent (c552-616), the first English king to convert to Christianity (9) |
| VERSE | First of Vikings to use Irish to write poetry (5) |
| COUSTEAU | Oceanographer, film-maker and undersea explorer who co-invented the aqualung and converted the minesweeper Calypso into a research vessel (8) |
| CASH | The con, on being released, has converted the money (4) |
| 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. |
| QURANDURAN | Nickname of a boxer who converted to Islam? |
| NUSSBAUM | Martha _ US philosopher who converted to Judaism (8) |
| STALBAN | A Hertfordshire town takes its name from this Christian martyr, who was converted to Christianity by the priest he sheltered (2,5) |
| MARRANOS | Jewish pseudo converts to Christianity to escape The Inquisition (8) |
| CONSTANTINE | First Roman emperor to be converted to Christianity (11) |
