Meanings

string-pulling

program competing with another in the same timeslot (programme)

Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)

attic

to turn inside out

back leaf

to outwit

lining of the collar

(with a) successful outcome

back window

byroad

backroom deal

(in) secrecy

sieve (for reducing soft solids to a pulp)

malus tschonoskii

dodgy dealings

continued overleaf

to collect evidence

sole of the foot

there are wheels within wheels