| RAKISHLY | Impulsively hosting King and I with a certain charm |
| DEBORAH | - Kerr, Scottish film great who co-starred in The King and I with Yul Brynner (7) |
| IRAQI | National Anthem's introduction bores two hosting King and Queen |
| IRREGULAR | Guerrilla and I with a gun back in the car (9) |
| MOISTEN | Doctor and I with a submachinegun dampen things down (7) |
| MANIA | The fellow and I with a crazy tendency (5) |
| DANCEMONKEY | 2019 hit for Tones and I with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| ARMCHAIRS | Sir! There's a certain charm about them and they're so comfortable |
| AFROASIATIC | A fair Scot, I, with a different way of speaking |
| TONI | Singer Watson, a.k.a. Tones and I, with the 2019 hit "Dance Monkey" |
| PULLONESPUNCHES | Yank and I with small horses go easy with stick |
| EDITION | William and I, with no backing, make a terrific sum (7) |
| BILLION | William and I, with no backing, make a terrific sum (7) |
| ARM | Sir! There's a certain charm about them and they're so comfortable (3,6) |
| INCH | Island of a certain charm (4) |
| HATHAWAY | She has a certain charm, as Shakespeare would say (8) |
| JUJU | Glass of beer endlessly repeated? That has a certain charm (4) |
| MOJO | Supremo Johnson holds a certain charm (4) |
| BRACELET | Adornment that may have a certain charm |
| CHAMBORD | French village in the Loire Valley, site of a 440-room Renaissance chateau commissioned by Francis I with a double helix "DNA" staircase designed by Leonardo da Vinci (8) |
