Cryptic crossword clue
Impressed by intrepid manoeuvring across top of minefield

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word IMPRINTED

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The straight part
We know that "Impressed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case impressed = imprinted.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does IMPRINTED mean?

IMPRINTED verb
  1. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
  2. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
  3. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
IMPRINTED adjective
  1. Stamped or impressed.
  2. Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.

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