Something for Noel from Charles (1,9,5)
I believe the answer is:
a christmas carol
'charles' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'something for noel from' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'noel' could be 'christmas' (synonyms) and 'christmas' is found within the answer.
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for a christmas carol that I've seen before include "Seasonal song" , "Scrooge's tale" , "Classic book" , "novel" , "haunting story for 8 [EBENEZER SCROOGE]" .)