A tense "You've got it coming to you!" (6)

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future

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(Other definitions for future that I've seen before include "Beyond the present" , "Hereafter" , "Outlook" , "What is yet to pass" , "What's yet to come" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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