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This glowed at random to attract pet's attention (3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dog whistle

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'attract pet's attention' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'this glowed at random' is the wordplay.
'at random' is an anagram indicator.
'this'+'glowed'='thisglowed'
'thisglowed' anagrammed gives 'DOG WHISTLE'.

'to' is the link.

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