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Farewell comment also suppressing lots (but not all) (6-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toodle-oo

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'farewell' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'also suppressing lots but not all' is the wordplay.
'also' becomes 'too' (synonyms).
'suppressing' is an insertion indicator.
'lots' becomes 'oodles' (informal term for a large amount).
'but not all' means to remove the last letter.
'oodles' with its final letter taken off is 'oodle'.
'too' placed around 'oodle' is 'TOODLE-OO'.

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(Other definitions for toodle-oo that I've seen before include "Bye!" , "Bye-bye!" , "See you later!" , "Goodbye (dated)" , "Cheerio" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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