The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word GRANDIOSE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GRANDIOSE
- Organised manoeuvres, impressive
- Bombastic bully adores gin
- Relative measure taken to shackle Italian leader, as pompous
- Magnificent region, sad to undergo redevelopment
- Relative amount, one claimed, impressive
- Epic ego is out to steal foreign money
- Bash organised for pretentious
- Work ignored, as striking
- Pompous matriarch composed odes when touring India
- A do singer ruined being bombastic
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The straight part
We know that "striking" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case striking = grandiose.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GRANDIOSE mean?
GRANDIOSE adjective- Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
- Pompous or pretentious