Charge when entering Tories’ first charity event (4)
I believe the answer is:
fete
'charity event' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'charge when entering tories' first' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'tories' first' could be 't' (1st letter of 'tories') and 't' is present in the answer.
'charge' could be 'fee' (fee is a kind of charge) and 'fee' is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fete that I've seen before include "Village festival" , "Wine and dine" , "Sale of goods and refreshments to raise funds for charity" , "Outdoor festivity" , "Event held to raise money" .)