The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word KOWTOW
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result KOWTOW
- Flip pan, draw and suck up
- Vessel in reverse to drag fawn
- Pay court fine, coming up with large part of settlement
- Grovel and return pan to wife
- King has old wife attached to rope in ceremony of abasement
- Knock out with a tug, and bow
- Bow and knock out with two blows
- Savvy town's new leaders fall down to act the toady
- Wife took out a little whip! Kneel submissively
- Fawn and bovine, spoken of – could be two
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What does KOWTOW mean?
KOWTOW noun- The act of kowtowing.
- To grovel, act in a very submissive manner.
- To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground.
- To bow very deeply.