Sublime answer by Charlie meeting death in river (12)
I believe the answer is:
transcendent
'sublime' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'answer by charlie meeting death in river' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'answer' could be 'ans' (abbreviation for answer) and 'ans' is found within the answer.
'charlie' could be 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'c' is present in the answer.
'death' could be 'end' (synonyms) and 'end' is present in the answer.
'river' could be 'trent' (River Trent) and 'trent' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for transcendent that I've seen before include "Going beyond normal human experience" , "Sublime" , "Unparalleled" , "Surpassing others; beyond human knowledge" , "Exceptional" .)