The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SCOTTIE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SCOTTIE
- Small bed and leash for dog
- Dog that is with novelist from same part of world
- Kind of dog bed found in street on the outskirts of Ilfracombe
- Dog Nicola Sturgeon, perhaps, with “fix!”
- Dog that is seen tracking lost explorer
- Dog that is following historical novelist
- Dog that is following writer from same place
- Jazzman Ronnie, namely, Barker
- Dog’s Glaswegian neckwear
- Dog that’s following naturalist
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