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Farewell from a girl attached to Brussels? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adieu

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

'a girl attached to brussels?' is the wordplay.
'a girl' becomes 'adi' (**).
'attached to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'brussels?' becomes 'eu' (Brussels is a metonym for the European Union).
'adi'+'eu'='ADIEU'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for adieu that I've seen before include "Cheerio" , "Goodbye, monsieur" , "Parting word" , "Comment on leaving" , "Adios, Arrivederci" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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