telegraph toughie 5th feb

[barterboy]

struggling a bit today any help on 4,23&10 down..."He readies normal kids with eerie demonstration of planning" 5,3,1,4,7 ???e?/??e/?/?a?e/??r???? tks

[sedge47]

Here's one I made earlier

it's a real toughie today!

[barterboy]

many tks sedge47......yes having to work a bit today!!

[pbeach]

Funnily enough I also had fun and games with this one too. Until I had a eureka moment, then the top right filled in quite quickly... Todays Toughie certainly lived up to its name.

[barterboy]

thats where im still stuck have 2 left 6d "Urge to have look in the same place when concealed" ?i?i?? and 14a "Mounted troops at last moving up to land" o?s???e

[sedge47]

6d. libido
14a. onshore (I think, but I haven't got the wordplay)

[barterboy]

tks again sedge 47 all finished now.....

[pbeach]

14a is onshore (on horse - mounted troops)

[barterboy]

tks as well pbeach

[sedge47]

I thought that 11a was a bit risque for the Telegraph !!

[johnalex]

14a onShore (land)

on horSe = mounted
S = troopS at last (moving up)