Fawn (5)
'fawn' is the definition.
(I know that fawn can be written as toady)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for toady that I've seen before include "Person who flatters and behaves obsequiously to another" , "Flatterer or sycophant" , "Obsequious person" , "Bootlicker" , "fawn" .)
(Other definitions for kowtow that I've seen before include "Show servile deference (as in Chinese custom)" , "Be excessively subservient" , "Behave obsequiously" , "Be servile (towards)" , "Kneel in hommage" .)
'fawn' is the definition.
(I know that fawn can be written as grovel)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for grovel that I've seen before include "Crawl abjectly" , "Creep" , "Cringe in abject manner" , "Behave obsequiously, crawl" , "Crawl, fawn" .)