Songwriter overheard 'Fuel and Beer (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
cole porter
'songwriter' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'overheard 'fuel and beer' is the wordplay.
'overheard' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
''fuel' becomes 'coal' (coal is a kind of fuel).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'beer' becomes 'porter' (type of beer).
'coal' is a homophone of 'cole'.
'cole'+'porter'='COLE PORTER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cole porter that I've seen before include "Let's Do It songwriter" , "Broadway composer" , "US man of note" , "Man responsible for standards" .)