### Clue: Shakespearean ensign impresses maiden as idealised figure (5)
### Answer: IMAGO 
 ### Explanation: Definition: idealised figure
 IAGO(ensign to Othello, Shakespearean Moor) **containing**(impresses) M(abbrev. for "maiden", eg. in cricket).
Answer: An idealised image of a person, usually a parent, formed in childhood and carried in the unconscious through later life.