### Clue: Gathering for departure complete among very good fellows (7)
### Answer: SENDOFF 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Gathering for departure
 END(to complete;to finish) **contained in**(among) SO(very, as in "she's so dishy") + FF(abbrev. for "fellow" x 2). I guess "good" is there for the surface; otherwise it appears superfluous?