American hippy? Not the first Charlie from the continent (7)
I believe the answer is:
asiatic
'american hippy?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'not the first charlie from the continent' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'first' could be 'i' (I in Roman numerals eg Elizabeth I) and 'i' is located in the answer.
'charlie' could be 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'c' is found in the answer.
'continent' could be 'sa' (abbreviation for South Africa) and 'sa' is found in the remaining letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for asiatic that I've seen before include "Relating to one continent" , "Relating to the largest continent" , "Kind of beetle" , "of Oriental origin" , "would include Chinese" .)