The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word MARIONETTE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result MARIONETTE
- Right about one single kept by friend: Puppet on a String
- Possibly aim to enter with Lady Penelope?
- One-time art involved this?
- Dull state one gets into being manipulated by others?
- “I’m to enter a new arrangement”, articulated performer
- One under control of couple getting around port trap
- One’s moved by strings playing Mozart in centre regularly? That’s not unknown
- Manipulated figure, one in voice returning to punch comrade
- Puppet, one captured by surrealist painter, with end of leg missing
- Sailor outside port with fishing item is entertaining little figure
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The straight part
We know that "entertaining little figure" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case entertaining little figure = marionette.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does MARIONETTE mean?
MARIONETTE noun- A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
- The buffel duck.
- To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.