Confession of someone in a hurry was breathtaking? (9)
I believe the answer is:
impressed
'breathtaking?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'confession of someone in a hurry' is the wordplay.
'confession of someone' becomes 'im' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in a hurry' becomes 'pressed' (I've seen this before).
'im'+'pressed'='IMPRESSED'
'was' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for impressed that I've seen before include "printed word?" , "Stamped; moved" , "Markedly affected" , "Greatly inspired" , "Drafted in" .)