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Ask the mad criminal for final impression (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

death mask

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'final impression' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'ask the mad criminal' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'ask'+'the'+'mad'='askthemad'
'askthemad' with letters rearranged gives 'DEATH-MASK'.

'for' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for death mask that I've seen is " Image of deceased taken in face cast".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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