| THINKING | Carefully considering one's options, unlike Charles the Fat, say? |
| ATE | Chewed the fat, say |
| THEYTHINKITSALLOVER | People are carefully considering including small piece of commentary |
| WEEDY | Small and extremely dainty - quite unlike Charles Atlas |
| WEAK | Unlike Charles Atlas |
| NEUSS | An important city on the Rhine River and the site of a crossing, which city withstood the year-long siege by Charles the Bold from 1474 to 1475 and, as a reward, was permitted to mint its own coins? ( |
| WEIGH | Consider carefully, as one's options |
| CONFIT | Goose cooked in its own fat, say |
| SPITITOUT | Cavity, one covered in fat, say |
| TRIMESTER | Cut down fat, say for a few months of pregnancy (9) |
| BUTTERPAT | Some fat, say in oil company, ends with extra investment (6,3) |
| GRANDREMONSTRANCE | List of grievances presented to Charles the First by the English Parliament on December 1 1641 which partly precipitated the English Civil War (5,12) |
| ROLLO | Norse war leader whose fief from Charles the Simple formed the basis of the duchy of Normandy (5) |
| ROI | Pepin the Short or Charles the Hammer |
| MACPHERSON | "The Marilyn Denis Show" expert Charles the Butler's surname |
| READE | Charles -, The Cloister and the Hearth author |
| MAD | Charles the ___, epithet given to Charles VI of France (1368-1422) |
| BUTLER | Charles the ___ (Etiquette expert on "The Marilyn Denis Show") |
| ALE | Charles the Third joins the French for a drink (3) |
| THIRD | Current King of the United Kingdom, Charles the ___ |
