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Joined me for a little tea (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

met

'joined' is the definition.
(meeting is a kind of joining)

'me for a little tea' is the wordplay.
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a little' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'tea' is 't'.
'me'+'t'='MET'

(Other definitions for met that I've seen before include "Got together" , "London police (abbr) - New York Museum of Art (abbr)" , "Bumped into" , "Encountered, came into contact" , "satisfied" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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