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Strainer (5)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">strainer</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(sieve is a kind of strainer)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for sieve that I've seen before include "particle separator" , "Mesh used for straining or sifting" , "Utensil with meshed bottom" , "Fine riddle" , "Jumblies' vessel" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Newsday, The Star Tribune, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, The Mirror, The Independent, The Telegraph, the Penny Press and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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