Officials showing excessive charm with female stars around (13)
I believe the answer is:
functionaries
'officials' is the definition.
('functionary' can be a synonym of 'official')
'excessive charm with female stars around' is the wordplay.
'excessive charm' becomes 'unction' (unction can mean excessive charm or enthusiasm).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'stars' becomes 'aries' (constellation).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'f' next to 'aries' is 'faries'.
'unction' going into 'faries' is 'FUNCTIONARIES'.
'showing' is the link.
(Other definitions for functionaries that I've seen before include "bureaucrats?" , "Officials" .)