| NELLIE | In a song, which elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus? (6) |
| MOONRIVER | In a song, which waterway is wider than a mile? (4,5) |
| PSALM | A song which praises trees (promoting the root) (5) |
| NELLIETHEELEPHANT | Song whose title character packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus (6,3,8) |
| CHOW | Said goodbye to the dog (4) |
| NUNO | He said goodbye to the Lilywhites (4) |
| VIOL | Said goodbye to the Italian food (4) |
| MEE | Exaggerated response to "Who wants to go to the circus?" |
| REACHTHETOP | Get to the circus centre and arrive at the peak? (5,3,3) |
| SEENOFF | Said goodbye to a person understood to be bad (4,3) |
| ROLLUP | Ringmaster's invitation to come to the circus (4,2) |
| IPSWICH | County town of Suffolk where Thomas Gainsborough lived before moving to the Circus in Bath (7) |
| PICCADILLY | Stand-up collar seen going to the Circus in London (10) |
| PASSAGEWAY | Goodbye to the outside, going in to die in alley (10) |
| BABAR | Which elephant is the central character of books by Jean de Brunhoff? (5) |
| ALYA | _ Nazir, said goodbye to her gran Yasmeen as she left Weatherfield for London (4) |
| RATATAT | Knock on the door and say goodbye to the sailor who's returning (7) |
| PARTNERS | In the doubles, do they say goodbye to the winners, lacking success? (8) |
| NEPAL | Asian country in which elephant polo originated (5) |
| TOOKLEAVE | Accepted furlough and said goodbye |
