| DEPARTURE | The leaving of trade, pure though it might be (9) |
| PURGE | Make clean and pure, though the dog's tail got into it (5) |
| CHASTE | Pure, though audibly pursued (6) |
| LIVERPOOL | It was the leaving of this British port that grieved |
| SECESSION | The leaving of a federation |
| DEFAULTER | One failing to pay for flute, dear though it might have been (9) |
| TOOTHACHE | Honk with laughter about helium (though it might need nitrous oxide) (9) |
| CROSSWIND | Go over and turn it around, though it might make pilot's life difficult |
| BEDFELLOW | One to sleep with wolf, bleed though it might (9) |
| TREASURED | Greatly appreciated it when head teacher reassured son doing the Leaving? |
| DEPARTURES | The leaving of part sulphanilamide part urea (9) |
| GOINGOFF | The Leaving - of course, it's nearly past its sell-by-date (5,3) |
| DISEMBARKATION | The leaving of a ship or plane |
| SAGA | It's a gas - long and detailed though it might be (4) |
| ORGY | It's hardly an exercise in moderation, though it might be good exercise |
| IMPOSSIBLE | One poem, bliss though it might be, can't be done (10) |
| SOCCUS | Light slipper, commonly worn by comic actors: sounds as though it might be inside the shoe |
| DESPAIR | An unhappy state, though it might be praised |
| SURREAL | Close it tightly around curry, trimming the edges, though it might seem strange |
| BREXIT | The UK's leaving of the EU |
