Attractive woman and child (4)
I believe the answer is:
babe
'child' is the definition.
(I know that babe is a type of child)
'attractive woman' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'woman' could be 'bab' and 'bab' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for babe that I've seen before include "Ruth was one" , "Pretty Woman" , "& 3 Down Famous baseball player" , "A literary newborn, or a modern good-looking woman" , "Small child; -- Ruth, US?baseball player" .)