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Artists first impressed by youngsters (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cubists

'artists' is the definition.
(cubist is a kind of artist)

'first impressed by youngsters' is the wordplay.
'first' becomes 'ist' (ist resembles 1st).
'impressed by' is an insertion indicator.
'youngsters' becomes 'cubs' (cub can mean a baby or child).
'ist' going inside 'cubs' is 'CUBISTS'.

(Other definitions for cubists that I've seen before include "group of artists" , "Disciples of Picasso, perhaps" , "Painters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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