French cheeses, we hear, in cooler (6)
I believe the answer is:
breeze
'cooler' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'french cheeses we hear' is the wordplay.
'french cheeses' becomes 'bries' (brie is a French cheese).
'we hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'bries' is a homophone of 'BREEZE'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for breeze that I've seen before include "A light pleasant wind" , "Faint stirring of the air" , "is this enough to blow out candles?" , "little bit of wind" , "Walk in the park" .)