Is said to be gloomy so made a cup of tea (6)
I believe the answer is:
brewed
'gloomy so made a cup of tea' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'is said to be' is the wordplay.
'is said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'to be' becomes 'brood' (brooding is a kind of being).
'brood' sounds like 'BREWED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brewed that I've seen before include "like beer!" , "make beer" , "Made tea or beer" , "Fermented" , "Made by boiling and fermentation, say beer" .)