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No good chasing bad little cherubs? Disconcerting! (10)

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What is it?
Why is it?

perplexing

offputting

I prefer the second since it fits the EMULSIFIER answer to 14a thus the frame stands a s

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so offputting fits this frame and the Disconcerting! but how does it fit with

No good chasing bad little cherubs?

I prefer offputting too.
I rather jumped in, felt sure I saw pixie in there lol

off = bad
putti = little cherubs
ng = no good chasing (at the end).

Not wishing of course to upset cherub lovers out there by thinking a bad cherub might be a pixie, hee hee

I'm with you Terry except for

PUTTI meaning

chasing bad little cherubs

Will you clarify?

little cherubs = putti. putti are figures of human babies found in Italian Renaissance Art.

no good = ng. the chasing bit means ng is bringing up the rear i.e.chasing

I bow to your wisdom.
Thank you.