Possible Clues:

• Grand tea party; noisy assembly
• Grand tea party - huge argument
• Point raised before engagement party
• Battle in the bakery for the party
• Tea party (slang)
• Presumably, this is how Johnston, Mooney and O'Brien settle their disputes for The Tea Party?
• Formal party — noisy occasion
• Tea party sort of fun in a curve of the shore
• Spooner's 'enjoyable snack' turns out to be a grand party
• Hair-raising struggle leads to local tea party!