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Puppet, one captured by surrealist painter, with end of leg missing (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marionette

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

'one captured by surrealist painter with end of leg missing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'end' could be 'net' ('net' can be a synonym of 'end') and 'net' is found in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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