Confer with confused player (6)
I believe the answer is:
parley
'confer with' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'confused player' is the wordplay.
'confused' is an anagram indicator.
'player' is an anagram of 'PARLEY'.
(Other definitions for parley that I've seen before include "Conference of enemies" , "Speak with another" , "Colloquy" , "Discuss peace terms with the enemy" , "discussion" .)