Having beer with Charlie - Guinness? (4)
I believe the answer is:
alec
'guinness?' is the definition.
(actor Alec Guinness)
'having beer with charlie' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'beer' could be 'ale' (type of beer) and 'ale' is located in the answer.
'charlie' could be 'c' (phonetic alphabet) and 'c' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alec that I've seen before include "Sir - Douglas-Home, former PM" , "Smart chap" , "Actor Guinness is smart" , "Smart boy?" , "Smart ..., he thinks he knows everything" .)