Puts on tense fight like a starry-eyed player? (5-6)
I believe the answer is:
stage-struck
'fight like a starry-eyed player?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'puts on tense' is the wordplay.
'puts on' becomes 'stages' (I've seen this before).
'tense' becomes 'truck' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'stages'+'truck'='STAGE-STRUCK'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stage-struck that I've seen before include "Passionate about acting" , "Passionately wanting to be an actor" , "Mad about acting" , "Madly keen to be an actor" , "Infatuated with desire to act" .)