The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CHERUB
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More clues leading to the result CHERUB
- Outside a little beast, inside the girl's a little angel?
- Legendary red ointment for child that’s really dear
- Youngster a woman’s adopted – an angelic being
- Innocent child’s difficulty following guerrilla leader
- New reporter cuddling that woman’s little angel
- Revolutionary Polish tot
- Church leader out in Peru meeting Black Angel
- The girl is captivated by youngster, one with wings
- Would-be hack grabbing the woman’s ‘sweet little thing’
- Busy butcher has no time for this little charmer
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The straight part
We know that "chubby angel" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case chubby angel = cherub.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CHERUB mean?
CHERUB noun- A winged creature attending God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
- An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body.
- A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.