Local tea leaves last characters find (6)
I believe the answer is:
locate
'find' is the definition.
(locating is a kind of finding)
'local tea leaves last characters' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'tea' is 'ate' which is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for locate that I've seen before include "Find or situate" , "Pinpoint in Alecto" , "Pinpoint the position" , "Track down" , "Discover place where thing is" .)