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Respectful gesture and awestruck remark for setter? (3-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bow-wow

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'setter?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'respectful gesture and awestruck remark' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'gesture' could be 'bow' (bowing is a kind of gesturing) and 'bow' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'wow' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for bow-wow that I've seen before include "Cry of a dog" , "Child's word for dog" , "A child's pet or toy dog" , "A dog for a child?" , "Child's name for dog" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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