The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word IMPOSING
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result IMPOSING
- Lofty declaration of model at work?
- Dignified admission that one’s putting on an act?
- What model says he’s doing at work in August
- August, time to be disrobed and showing off
- Awesome rogue has nothing to confess
- Impressive model’s declaration
- Dominant monkey to get large gin cocktail
- This person’s posturing as impressive
- Great devil composed song about setter
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The straight part
We know that "Impressive" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case impressive = imposing.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does IMPOSING mean?
IMPOSING verb- To establish or apply by authority.
- To be an inconvenience (on or upon)
- To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
- To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).
- To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
- To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.
- Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.