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Cosmetic patter easily intimidated person? (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

powder puff

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'easily intimidated person?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'cosmetic patter' is the wordplay.
'cosmetic' becomes 'powder' (I have seen 'Facial cosmetic ' mean 'powder' so perhaps 'cosmetic' could also mean 'powder').
'patter' becomes 'puff' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'powder'+'puff'='POWDER-PUFF'

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(Other definitions for powder puff that I've seen before include "Soft pad for use with cosmetics" , "Cosmetic aid" , "Pad for applying cosmetics" , "Cosmetic applier" , "Cosmetic accessory" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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