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Tom's sorrow after missing boat to impending date (8)

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I believe the answer is:

tomorrow

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'impending date' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to time as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'tom's sorrow after missing boat' is the wordplay.
'after missing' is a deletion indicator.
'boat' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'toms'+'sorrow'='tomssorrow'
'tomssorrow' with 'ss' taken away is 'TOMORROW'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tomorrow that I've seen before include "They say it never comes" , "It's another day" , "In 24-hours time" , "It's manana in Spain" , "The day that never comes" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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