Elevated area where Paul contrived to come round for tea (7)
I believe the answer is:
plateau
'elevated area' is the definition.
'plateau' can be an answer for 'area' (I have seen 'high area' mean 'plateau' so perhaps 'area' could also mean 'plateau'). I'm not sure about the 'elevated' bit.
'paul contrived to come round for tea' is the wordplay.
'contrived' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to come round' is an insertion indicator.
'for tea' becomes 'ate' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'paul' with letters rearranged gives 'plau'.
'plau' going around 'ate' is 'PLATEAU'.
'where' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for plateau that I've seen before include "Flat-topped upland" , "Table" , "Flat highland" , "Level outcrop of land" , "High, level tract of land" .)