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Novice carries her lovely child (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cherub

'lovely child' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'novice carries her' is the wordplay.
'novice' becomes 'cub' (cub is a kind of novice).
'carries' is an insertion indicator.
'cub' placed around 'her' is 'CHERUB'.

(Other definitions for cherub that I've seen before include "Sweet innocent baby" , "A heavenly winged babe" , "High-ranking angel" , "Angelic baby" , "goody-goody?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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