Impressed by way to compete for ball (6)
I believe the answer is:
struck
'impressed' is the definition.
('strike' can be a synonym of 'impress')
'by way to compete for ball' is the wordplay.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'way' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'to compete for ball' becomes 'ruck' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'st'+'ruck' is 'STRUCK'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for struck that I've seen before include "Hit as by lightning" , "Found" , "Made to pause by something unexpected" , "'Hit, slapped (6)'" , "dismantled" .)
