Cryptic crossword clue
Usual time to say goodbye 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PART

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The straight part
We know that "say goodbye" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case say goodbye = part.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PART mean?

PART noun
  1. A portion; a component.
  2. Duty; responsibility.
  3. The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
  4. In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
  5. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
PART verb
  1. To leave the company of.
  2. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
  3. To divide in two.
  4. To be divided in two or separated; shed.
  5. To divide up; to share.
  6. To have a part or share; to partake.
  7. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
  8. To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
  9. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
  10. To leave; to quit.
  11. To leave (an IRC channel).
PART adjective
  1. Fractional; partial.
PART adverb
  1. Partly; partially; fractionally.

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