Abandoning Charlie, crowd heading in the right direction (2,6)
I believe the answer is:
on course
'abandoning charlie crowd' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'heading in the right direction' is the wordplay.
'heading in the right' becomes 'on' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'direction' becomes 'course' (course is a kind of direction).
'on'+'course'='ON COURSE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for on course that I've seen before include "going the right way" , "at Muirfield" , "Enrolled for series of lectures" , "proceeding as planned" , "Following the correct route" .)