Sat Telegraph & Times Crossword

[Catcarer]

Cloak on a small Greek goddess (6) _ _ L _ _ _

Chamberlain perhaps to perform round Home Counties (8) A _ _ _ A _ E _

Racecourse favourite leaving route that may lead to prizes (6)

What's central part of amoeba? (9) _ _ P _ T _ _ _ _

Thanks for help!

[aelmpvw]

1 pallas
2 appeaser

[factor-fiction]

Answered as diphthong in Crosswords. Not sure why

[Frank97]

4, Cytoplasm ?

[Baldric]

CYTOPLASM

[factor-fiction]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1320464.html

[Frank97]

Ignore mine!

[factor-fiction]

Is it because the central part is the oe

[bibblebub]

(the OE in the middle of 'amoeba' is a diphthong)

[aelmpvw]

oe (central part of amoeba) is a diphthong

[Baldric]

chambers,

cytoplasm noun, biol the part of a living cell, excluding the nucleus (sense 2), that is enclosed by the cell membrane and which contains a range of organelles.

[bibblebub]

(these are cryptic clues, not just definitions that one would get in a non-cryptic crossword)

[factor-fiction]

I'm certain it's DIPHTHONG as it's a cryptic. If it wasn't cryptic the answer would be nucleus rather than cytoplasm in my opinion, although Biology wasn't my strongest subject

[Baldric]

It's too early!

[bibblebub]

3: REDCAR = red car(pet)