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One who draws tight item with holes? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strainer

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'one who draws tight item with holes?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for strainer that I've seen before include "one won't let everything go through" , "to keep out foreign bodies" , "one full of holes" , "Tea leaf catcher" , "eg Colander" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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