Light-brown sweets son brought in for Charlie (5)
I believe the answer is:
sandy
'brought in for charlie' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs occasionally define each other.
'light-brown sweets son' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'son' could be 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son) and 's' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'andy' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sandy that I've seen before include "(Of hair)light yellowish brown" , "Alexander (abbrev.)" , "Yellowish-brown; name" , "Like a beach perhaps" , "Reddish (hair); like a good beach" .)