| FOXX | Oscar winner as Charles |
| CHAOS | Pandemonium as Charles embraces Oscar |
| ERLE | Gardner who wrote as Charles J. Kenny |
| NASSAU | Capital once known as Charles Town |
| REININ | As Charles is no good at all, stop |
| CHASTISE | Dress down as Charles ties knot (8) |
| JAMIEFOXX | Oscar winner as Ray Charles |
| CAININCOLN | He was born on the same date as Charles Darwin |
| CHILDSPLAY | 1988 horror film featuring Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray (6,4) |
| THESPIRIT | 1957 biopic starring James Stewart as Charles ?Slim' Lindbergh (3,6,2,2,5) |
| CHARLEMAGNE | King of the Franks 768-814 and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor 800-814 (11) |
| CORNELL | 'The First Lady of the Theatre', as Charles II said, eyeing up his mistress's oranges? (7) |
| THESPIRITOFSTLOUIS | 1957 biopic starring James Stewart as Charles ?Slim' Lindbergh |
| XMEN | Superhero franchise Patrick Stewart appeared in as Charles Xavier (1-3) |
| TORTOISE | One of a "creep" of chelonian land reptiles with a beak, carapace and elephant-like legs, such as Charles Darwin's galapago, "Harriet" (8) |
| OFSTLOUIS | 1957 biopic starring James Stewart as Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh (3,6,2,2,5) |
| SCONE | Historic capital of the Picts in ancient Scotland; from it a coronation stone has been taken, last used as Charles III was crowned (5) |
| BASSIST | Musician such as Charles Mingus, Bill Wyman or Sting (7) |
| AUTHORS | Professional writers such as Charles Dickens or Jane Austen |
| ACEINTHEHOLE | Billy Wilder film starring Kirk Douglas as Charles Tatum (3,2,3,4) |
