Am having a go at this for the first time but am not having much luck... can anyone give me a bit of a help with some of the answers to star me off? thanks.
3A is facefungus. A charlie is a type of beard (slang for that = facefungus). Following = f...outstanding = ace...fabulous bird = fung...and American = US. So f...ace...fung...us.
That gives you the opening letters for six down clues. Good luck!