Did prayerful Paul leave convert to bear a cross? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ferry
'convert to bear a cross?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'did prayerful paul leave' is the wordplay.
'did' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'doing' mean this (doing can mean solving or working out)).
'leave' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'prayerful' with 'paul' taken out is 'ryerf'.
'ryerf' is an anagram of 'FERRY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ferry that I've seen before include "Ship for crossings" , "Boat across e.g. English Channel" , "Boat for transferring people across short stretches of water" , "Regular passenger boat" , "Boat that plies from shore to shore" .)