The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LACKEY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result LACKEY
- Poodle, perhaps with some black eye
- Minion’s facial bruise with the edges not visible
- Servant – need you back!
- Servant given black eye endlessly
- Footman’s deficiency Pepys regularly ignored
- Charlie’s most important servant
- Leading aircraftman has essential tool
- Servant — need you back!
- Conservative after Californian city means to get in assistant
- Want you coming back as a servant
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What does LACKEY mean?
LACKEY noun- A footman, a liveried male servant.
- A fawning, servile follower.
- To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously.
- To toady, play the flunky.