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Farewell from a girl at European university (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adieu

'farewell' is the definition.
(adieu is a kind of farewell)

'a girl at european university' is the wordplay.
'a girl' becomes 'adi' ().
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'adi'+'e'+'u'='ADIEU'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for adieu that I've seen before include "Farewel" , "Gallic goodbye" , "Farewell (French)" , "A valediction" , "Goodbye, monsieur" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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