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Puppet manipulated one time with art (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marionette

'puppet' is the definition.
('marionette' can be a synonym of 'puppet')

'manipulated one time with art' is the wordplay.
'manipulated' indicates an anagram.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'one'+'time'='onetime'
'onetime' put after 'art' is 'artonetime'.
'artonetime' with letters rearranged gives 'MARIONETTE'.

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

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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