River ferried by Charon (4)
I believe the answer is:
styx
'river ferried by charon' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for styx that I've seen before include "Underworld river; sounds like remote area" , "classical stream" , "Hellish current" , "River Charon rowed on" , "River around Hades" .)