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Impregnability of Superman figure wearing thick cape (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fastness

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'impregnability of superman figure' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'wearing thick cape' is the wordplay.
'wearing thick' becomes 'fast' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cape' becomes 'ness' (synonyms).
'fast'+'ness'='FASTNESS'

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(Other definitions for fastness that I've seen before include "quality of not fading" , "Stronghold or fortress" , "Strongly fortified defensive place" , "Secure refuge" , "speed?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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