Apparently, your choice ends in those spots.

(7 letters)

Is it perhaps pickles?

 

🥒

Yes countess.

Children’s horsey game comes across as beating the lot (8)

Whomping..

No, whomping doesn’t come into it.

 

Children’s horsey game comes across as beating the lot (8)

 

_ o _ _ _ _ _ _

conquers...?

You have conquered the clue, twyngwyn.

 

Children’s horsey game comes across as beating the lot (8)

 

WORDPLAY

Children’s horsey game [charade: conkers]
comes across as [homophone indicator]
  => conquers

WHOLE DEFINITION

beating the lot = conquers

 

And it’s over to you.

 

quickie:

 

the charisma of thou for one (8)

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