| Lucky draw | 10 |
| Luck of the draw? | 17 |
| Free ride, in a tournament | 26 |
| Exemption | 9 |
| Automatic tournament advance | 28 |
| A top seed may earn one | 23 |
| "Until next time" | 27 |
| "TTYL" | 16 |
| "Catch you later!" | 28 |
| ''Toodles!'' | 28 |
| ''See you later'' | 33 |
| Word accompanying a wave | 24 |
| Top seed's reward, perhaps | 30 |
| Something secondary | 19 |
| Side issue | 10 |
| Short farewell | 14 |
| Ominous Elliot Smith song | 25 |
| Nicer "Good riddance" | 31 |
| Free pass, of sorts | 19 |
| Early-round pass | 16 |
| Day off at the tourney | 22 |
| Chat ender | 10 |
| Adios | 5 |
| "Peace" | 17 |
| 'Toodles!' | 18 |
| 'Adios!' | 16 |
| 'Adieu!' | 16 |
| ''Later!'' | 26 |
| WORD BEFORE HANGING UP | 22 |
| Tourney freebie | 15 |
| Tourney drawing | 15 |
| Tournament situation | 20 |
| Tournament helper | 17 |
| Tournament exemption | 20 |
| Tournament edge | 15 |
| Tournament break | 16 |
| Top seed's reward | 21 |
| Tennis-tourney drawing | 22 |
| Succinct farewell | 17 |
| Sports award? | 13 |
| Seeded player's delight | 27 |
| Seed's free pass | 20 |
| See yah? | 8 |
| Scoring play in cricket | 23 |
| Preferential status, in sports | 30 |
| Postseason award for the top two teams in each NFL conference | 61 |
| Pass, of a sort | 15 |
| One of twins at farewell | 24 |
| Oft-reduplicated parting word | 29 |
| Off week in the playoffs | 24 |
| NFL playoffs pass, e.g. | 23 |
| Lucky draw in a tournament | 26 |
| It renders a seed inactive | 26 |
| It may be said at a parting | 27 |
| Half a farewell | 15 |
| Free round, in sports | 21 |
| Free pass, in sports | 20 |
| Free pass to the second round | 29 |
| Free pass to the next round | 27 |
| Famous last word? | 17 |
| Early round pass | 16 |
| Doubled, a remark to birdie | 27 |
| Departure announcement | 22 |
| Cricket run | 11 |
| Court break for Zina Garrison, e.g. | 35 |
| Competition pass | 16 |
| Ciao, here | 10 |
| By the ___ (incidentally) | 25 |
| By the ___ | 10 |
| Bit of scheduling luck at a tournament | 38 |
| Backstreet Boys' favorite farewell? | 39 |
| Automatic advancement in a tourney | 34 |
| A seed might get one | 20 |
| "So ___, Miss American Pie" (repeated lyric) | 54 |
| "Night" | 17 |
| "Keep it real" | 24 |
| "g2g" follower | 24 |
| "Don't let the door hit you on the way out," but nicer | 68 |
| "Can't talk now" | 30 |
| 'Ta-ta' | 15 |
| 'Sayonara!' | 19 |
| ''Sayonara!'' | 29 |
| One way to play | 15 |
| How some learn music | 20 |
| How some play the piano | 23 |
| Without sheet music | 19 |
| How some musicians play | 23 |
| Without the help of written music | 33 |
| Without pre-planning | 20 |
| Way to play | 11 |
| Using musical aptitude | 22 |
| Play it ___ (improvise) | 23 |
| One way to play the piano | 25 |
| One way to play something | 25 |
| How some things are played | 26 |
| How some music is played | 24 |
| How PAderewski played? | 22 |
| How nonreading musicians play | 29 |
| Words to a blackbird? | 21 |
| "Ciao for now!" | 25 |