Related Clues:

• Animal as a companion
• Tame animal kept for companionship
• Caress or fondle, as with favourite
• Favourite, may be teacher's
• Favourite - maybe teacher's
• Manipulate the muscles
• Favourite pupil
• The era of the common man? There's the rub!
• 15 across might get it, just a little, in France
• Add it to the little dear and one on the end to make a request
• Do they mean time?
• The French might make this little dear little with it
• The era of the common man? Yes, there's the rub!
• The era of the common man - there's the rub
• The people's time? There's the rub!