Tedious task (5)
I believe the answer is:
chore
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">tedious task</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for chore that I've seen before include "Household job" , "Boring job" , "Stream's murmuring" , "A household or routine task" , "Tedious routine task" .)