Possible Clues:

• Control deviously
• Turn to one's own purpose or advantage
• Use fingers to eat a plum in the break
• Doctor put an e-mail out
• Put an e-mail out to find work
• Influence unfairly
• Chap to turn up after one, not on time for work
• Handle some rising shares in metal - up in a minute!
• Put a menial to work for doctor
• Pull strings of handle