Taking out the trash and others

The answer to “Taking out the trash and others” in the New York Times crossword is CHORES — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on October 17, 2025, a Friday puzzle, at 33-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Taking out the trash and others” answer

CHORES (6 letters)

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Why the answer is CHORES

CHORES is the 6-letter solution that fits "Taking out the trash and others" in the NYT Crossword crossword on October 17, 2025 (33-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does CHORES mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of CHORES is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Taking out the trash and others” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

October 17, 2025 (most recent) → CHORES. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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