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Holy vessels made from older cans? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

colanders

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'holy vessels' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'from older cans?' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates an anagram (from the letters).
'older'+'cans'='oldercans'
'oldercans' anagrammed gives 'COLANDERS'.

'made' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for colanders that I've seen before include "Can solder manufacture perforated utensils?" , "Culinary strainers" , "they'll be in the kitchen" , "Bowl-shaped strainers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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