Pavlov commands a dog using prime bits of fatty food? (7)
I believe the answer is:
avocado
'food?' is the definition.
(avocado is a kind of food)
'pavlov commands a dog using prime bits of fatty' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'dog' could be 'cad' (synonyms) and 'cad' is found within the answer.
'bits' could be 'oo' (two O's - they resemble the binary digit 0) and 'oo' is located in the leftover letters.
A single letter 'v' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for avocado that I've seen before include "Fruit with large stone" , "Pulpy fruit" , "slightly green" , "Green-fleshed fruit" , "may be stoned" .)