Hue and cry at the town centre (6)
I believe the answer is:
yellow
'hue' is the definition.
(yellow is a kind of colour)
'cry at the town centre' is the wordplay.
'cry' becomes 'yell' ('yell' can be a synonym of 'cry'**).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the town centre' becomes 'ow' (central letters of the word 'town').
'yell'+'ow'='YELLOW'
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for yellow that I've seen before include "Sort of hammer, jersey or belly" , "'Caution' colour" , "Flaxen" , "Rainbow colour between orange and green" , "See 15" .)