Having said goodbye, depart in distress (6)

I believe the answer is:

parted

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'having said goodbye' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'depart in distress' is the wordplay.
'in distress' indicates an anagram.
'depart' with letters rearranged gives 'PARTED'.

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(Other definitions for parted that I've seen before include "left" , "Divided or went separate ways" , "Divided, broken" , "Divided or separated" , "One's hair might be" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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