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May chores bring about release of ultimately problematic tendency? (6-8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spring-cleaning

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'may chores' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'about release of ultimately problematic tendency?' is the wordplay.
'about release' becomes 'spring' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'of ultimately' says to take the final letters (I've seen 'ultimately' mean this).
'tendency?' becomes 'leaning' ('leaning' can be a synonym of 'tendency').
The final letter of 'problematic' is 'c'.
'spring'+'c'+'leaning'='SPRING-CLEANING'

'bring' is the link.

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(Other definitions for spring-cleaning that I've seen before include "Seasonal household activity" , "Seasonal domestic activity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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