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Impressed by Shuttle's last uncontrolled flight (8)

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I believe the answer is:

stampede

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'uncontrolled flight' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'impressed by shuttle's last' is the wordplay.
'impressed' becomes 'stamped' (stamping is a kind of impressing).
'by shuttle's last' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stamped'+'e'='STAMPEDE'

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(Other definitions for stampede that I've seen before include "Sudden rush of people" , "rush for safety maybe" , "Run in panic" , "Wild headlong rush" , "Panic-driven rush of herd of animals" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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