Possible Clues:

• It's said that the saint was a cannibal before tea
• It's made, about account say
• That's positively poetic
• Announcement, issued by the bank say
• When civil servants have a little tea, it may be made like this, in a manner of speaking
• Proclamation
• It may be made by civil servants, perhaps, before tea
• People from 15 down might have made it before tea (9)
• New Testament revelation?
• What you'll have to make if you're 13 across