Freedom to transport English character in A Streetcar Named Desire (5,7)
I believe the answer is:
carte blanche
'freedom' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'transport english character in a streetcar named desire' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'transport' could be 'cart' (cart is a kind of transport) and 'cart' is found in the answer.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'character' could be 'he' (he is a kind of letter of the alphabet) and 'he' is found within the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for carte blanche that I've seen before include "absolute authority" , "total freedom" , "Unrestricted authority" , "Complete freedom to act as one wishes" , "Free hand" .)