House player lends colour to transport, we hear (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
hugh laurie
'lends colour to transport we hear' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'house player' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'house' could be 'h' and 'h' is found in the answer.
'player' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for hugh laurie that I've seen is " 10 [HOUSE] actor".)