Possible Clues:

• Do with screwdrivers etc?
• Pert hosts stern with some gathering for drinks
• Early-evening social
• Early evening soiree that might be wasted on a teetotaler
• A chance for social mixing?
• This play of T.S. Eliot was no 6 down despite the drinks there
• Function with drinks
• Late-afternoon social
• Drinks do