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Lad stows aboard Victory with time for quayside farewell (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bon voyage

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'farewell' is the definition.
(bon voyage is a kind of farewell)

'lad stows aboard victory with time for quayside' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'aboard' could be 'on' (eg on a ship or train) and 'on' is located in the answer.
'victory' could be 'v' and 'v' is found within the answer.
'lad' could be 'boy' (lad means a young boy) and 'boy' is found in the leftover letters.
'time' could be 'age' (an age is a period of time) and 'age' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for bon voyage that I've seen before include "Have a good journey - at sea" , "Have a good trip - on the briny" , "Have a nice cruise, monsieur" , "travel well!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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