Coach takes spoor off to strait (8)

I believe the answer is:

bosporus

'strait' is the definition.
(I know that Bosporus is a strait)

'coach takes spoor off' is the wordplay.
'coach' becomes 'bus' (synonyms).
'takes' indicates putting letters inside.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'spoor' anagrammed gives 'ospor'.
'bus' placed around 'ospor' is 'BOSPORUS'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Another definition for bosporus that I've seen is " Strait connecting Black Sea and Sea of Marmara, with Istanbul at south end".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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