Novel about bear almost biting Charlie twice (7)
I believe the answer is:
rebecca
'novel' is the definition.
(Daphne du Maurier novel)
'biting charlie twice' is the wordplay.
'biting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters bite or swallow others).
'charlie' becomes 'C' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'twice' becomes 'rebeca' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'c' placed into 'rebeca' is 'REBECCA'.
'about bear almost' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rebecca that I've seen before include "Daphne du Maurier novel; girl's name" , "Girl's name; novel title" , "Maxim she betrayed" , "Girl's name - mother of Jacob and Esau" , "The first Mrs de Winter (Du Maurier)" .)