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No time for chores: big ones are onerous! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asks

'big ones are onerous' is the definition.
(that's a big ask!)

'no time for chores' is the wordplay.
'no' is a deletion indicator.
'time for' becomes 't' (I've seen this in other clues).
'chores' becomes 'tasks' ('task' can be a synonym of 'chore').
'tasks' with 't' taken away is 'ASKS'.

(Other definitions for asks that I've seen before include "Makes an inquiry" , "Poses a question" , "Puts a query" , "Requests information about" , "Enquires; requests" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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