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Son in tears doing housework (8)

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I believe the answer is:

sweeping

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'doing housework' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'son in tears' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'in tears' becomes 'weeping' (I've seen this before).
's'+'weeping'='SWEEPING'

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(Other definitions for sweeping that I've seen before include "clearing the mess?" , "clearing the floor?" , "work for Mrs Mopp" , "Too general; cleaning" , "not very specific" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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