Left rival to support kind of light actor? (6)
I believe the answer is:
luvvie
'actor?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'left rival to support kind of light' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'left' could be 'l' (common abbreviation) and 'l' is found in the answer.
'rival' could be 'vie' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'vie' is present in the answer.
'light' could be 'uv' (ultraviolet light) and 'uv' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for luvvie that I've seen before include "affected actor, perhaps" , "Theatrical type" , "18, 5 [LAURENCE OLIVIER] for example" .)