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Riddle of shoes son moved to the furthest possible place (8)

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I believe the answer is:

strainer

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'riddle' is the definition.
(riddle can mean a sieve or strainer)

'shoes son moved to the furthest possible place' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'son' could be 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son) and 's' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rainer' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for strainer that I've seen before include "to keep out foreign bodies" , "one won't let everything go through" , "Tea leaf remover" , "someone trying hard" , "Person making too much effort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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