Certain to order tea to be brought in. It's typical of (2,9)
I believe the answer is:
in character
'typical of' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'certain to order tea to be brought in' is the wordplay.
'to order' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tea' becomes 'char' (I've seen this before).
'to be brought in' is an insertion indicator.
'certain' with letters rearranged gives 'inacter'.
'inacter' going around 'char' is 'IN CHARACTER'.
'it's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for in character that I've seen before include "Appropriate for the part" , "Typical" , "Dressed for the part" , "True to type" .)