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Tea announced: sort of funny fuss (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brouhaha

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'fuss' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'tea announced sort of funny' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'funny' could be 'haha' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'haha' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for brouhaha that I've seen before include "Noisy and overexcited reaction to something" , "Noisy, excited and confused commotion" , "Noisy and critical response" , "Stir" , "Overexcited critical response" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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