Possible Clues:

• Mother abandons Plan A and leaves for a drink
• A teach-in breaks up for refreshment
• Eastern drink
• Leaves prepared for refreshing cha-cha, buckling in?
• Half portion of toast consumed with a cuppa?
• What may be served in porcelain at meal-time
• About end of match at home, most of 1st XI leaves
• Mate, before meal, makes a drink
• Companion in first eleven finally abandoned drink
• Mate, ahead of meal, makes a drink