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Tribute should be arriving now (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

due

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This might be a double definition.

'tribute' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'arriving now' is the second definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'should be' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for due that I've seen before include "Owed, or payable immediately" , "Deserved or unpaid" , "...more than one there [ROME]" , "Outstanding" , "Expected, scheduled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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