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Sweet children with her, surrounded by cheeky young boys? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cherubs

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'sweet children' is the definition.
'cherubs' can be an answer for 'children' (I have seen 'Angelic children ' mean 'cherubs' so perhaps 'children' could also mean 'cherubs'). I'm not sure about the 'sweet' bit.

'with her surrounded by cheeky young boys?' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'her' becomes 'Cher'.
'surrounded by cheeky young boys?' becomes 'ubs' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cher' put next to 'ubs' is 'CHERUBS'.

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(Other definitions for cherubs that I've seen before include "Heavenly infants with wings" , "Angels" , "Curbs he places on heavenly babes" , "Angelic children" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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