The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STOKER
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More clues leading to the result STOKER
- One tends to fire person having puff after school
- Fireman back shortly, fine to go in
- Irish author‘s sister inhaling smoke
- Coup sees resistance dropping for author
- Novelist and rector associated with somewhere in the Midlands
- Fireman moving right to end of line
- Perhaps crawl right to the bottom
- Sensational writer, one really impressive
- Pull on reefer held by senior crewman
- One adding fuel to the flames in city right at the end
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The straight part
We know that "Could he provide counteraction for the chilling Dracula tale?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case could he provide counteraction for the chilling dracula tale? = stoker.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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What does STOKER mean?
STOKER noun- A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship who stokes coal in the boilers.
- A device for stoking a fire; a poker.
- A device that feeds coal into a furnace etc automatically.
- A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle.