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First to move the panel, shifting piece of junk (5,8)

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I believe the answer is:

white elephant

'piece of junk' is the definition.
(white elephant can mean a troublesome possession)

'first to move the panel shifting' is the wordplay.
'first to move' becomes 'white' (white moves first in chess).
'shifting' is an anagram indicator.
'the'+'panel'='thepanel'
'thepanel' with letters rearranged gives 'elephant'.
'white'+'elephant'='WHITE ELEPHANT'

(Other definitions for white elephant that I've seen before include "Possession that proves expensive to keep and difficult to get rid of" , "It gives more trouble than it's worth" , "Opening player" , "conspicuous failure" , "waste of space" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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