| DEGAULLE | Charles ?, first president of the Fifth Republic in France |
| CHARLESDEGAULLE | French general and statesman, first president of the Fifth Republic (7,2,6) |
| PRETORIUS | Marthinus Wessel ?, first president of the South African Republic |
| FRANCE | In 1958, this country created a new government called the Fifth Republic |
| MITTERRAND | Francois, the first socialist President of the French Fifth Republic (10) |
| BENBELLA | Ahmed ?, first president of Algeria (3,5) |
| OHMRTOAD | Title of the fifth series of The Wind in the Willows on ITV |
| LINDBERGH | Charles -, first non-stop Atlantic flier |
| MAGIC | Legerdemain by the three wise men and Charles 1st |
| INSPECT | Scrutinise Charles 1st in step for a change |
| DIANA | Bryan Adams hit about Prince Charles' first wife |
| CREST | Crown for Charles first? Take a break (5) |
| BRITISHCROWN | Topper for King Charles (... first 2 Letters + last 3) |
| TUBSHEVAT | 'The Holiday of The Trees' celebrated on the 15th day of the fifth Israeli civil year (Hebrew) (2,1'6) |
| PHIDIAS | Athenian sculptor of the 5th century BC whose statue of Zeus at Olympia (c. 430 BC) was one of the Seven Wonders of the World (7) |
| ALEXANDRA | _ Burke, the winner of the fifth series of The X Factor (9) |
| DI | Charles' first |
| CEASES | Charles 1st lightens, and peters out |
| CLASS | Charles 1st joined a young lady species |
| SCARCE | It is unusual to frighten Charles 1st |
