Possible Clues:

• Have 1 across been put through the sieve like this enough to cause ill-feeling?
• Got the bits out half way along the street when it was wet
• Used a sieve on
• Gave a hug to that was forced
• Son given coaching is not relaxed
• Did one's best to have removed the dirt when it was wet at last
• Son instructed and pushed to the limit?
• Like some relations
• Tense race: any number dropping out in end
• Made supreme effort, though under stress