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Goodbye said to old rogue on Tube returning (6-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toodle-pip

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'goodbye said' is the definition.
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'to old rogue on tube returning' is the wordplay.
'rogue' indicates anagramming the letters.
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another (as in clothing \'on\' a person).
'tube' becomes 'pipe' (pipe is a kind of tube).
'returning' is a reversal indicator.
'pipe' back-to-front is 'epip'.
'old' with letters rearranged gives 'odl'.
'to' inserted inside 'odl' is 'toodl'.
'toodl'+'epip'='TOODLE-PIP'

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(Other definitions for toodle-pip that I've seen before include "so long" , "Farewell (informal)" , "Take care" , "Goodbye (dated)" , "Farewell remark - dipole top (anag)" .)

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