The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PAVLOV
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PAVLOV
- Russian scientist who regularly produced a dog’s dinner?
- Man known for his dog, love shown following friend
- Ballerina shaking bottom, one who induced drooling
- His dogs would salivate as meringue cake cut
- Being set back essentially involved a couple cutting out air conditioner
- Famous Russian father’s very loving. Not half!
- One who studied the presentation of food — dessert mostly
- Sweet ballerina without a conditioner
- Whose dogs would drool as meringue cake cut?
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The straight part
We know that "one who induced drooling" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one who induced drooling = pavlov.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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