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Doll from Orient manufactured in China (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marionette

'doll' is the definition.
(I know that marionette is a type of puppet)

'orient manufactured in china' is the wordplay.
'manufactured' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'china' becomes 'mate' (china plate is Cockney rhyming slang for mate).
'orient' anagrammed gives 'rionet'.
'rionet' placed inside 'mate' is 'MARIONETTE'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for marionette that I've seen before include "one that needs stringing up" , "String puppet" , "Puppet on strings" , "Pinocchio say" , "One has strings pulled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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