US tint used before a party originates in US city (8,7)
I believe the answer is:
colorado springs
'us city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'us tint used before a party originates in' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'tint' could be 'color' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'color' is located in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
'party' could be 'do' (do is a kind of party) and 'do' is present in the answer.
'in' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for colorado springs that I've seen before include "City that flanks Rocky Mountains" , "US city" , "US Air Force base" , "City on the eastern edge of the Rockies" , "American resort" .)