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Impressed and serious during final (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

engraved

'impressed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'serious during final' is the wordplay.
'serious' becomes 'grave' ('grave' can be a synonym of 'serious').
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'final' becomes 'end' ('end' can be a synonym of 'final').
'grave' going within 'end' is 'ENGRAVED'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for engraved that I've seen before include "Carved into surface" , "Cut or impressed into a surface" , "deeply impressed" , "Cut, carved (a design)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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