Damn boss consumed by local joke - you or I would have seen that coming from a distance (8)
I believe the answer is:
landmark
'joke you or i would have seen that coming from a distance' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'damn boss consumed by local' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'damn' is 'andm' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lark' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for landmark that I've seen before include "Unmistakeable feature, building" , "Damn lark (anag.)" , "Momentous event" , "cairn, possibly" , "Definitive event" .)