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A sticky appointment? (4)

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date

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'appointment?' is the definition.
(I know that appointment can be written as date)

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(Other definitions for date that I've seen before include "A social appointment - check calendar" , "Stoned fruit" , "Sticky fruit" , "Romantic meeting" , "Particular time of event - fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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