�500 prize crossword

[maddmattocks]

Cryptic clues might just as well be Swahili to me........still I persevere.

8d sound heard from inlet ???e?
17d Have in tow new recruit o?n
35a Drug used by cast? Yes, in variety ??s?a??
29d Deity torturing rats around end of February ?a???

This might give me the final inspiration to finish the others.

[grasscarp]

17d own

[Heather33]

creek
ecstacy
satyr

[grasscarp]

29d satyr

[twiglet3]

is 35a ecstacy or ecstasy???? if it is an anagram it is ecstasy....but im no good at cryptics so not sure

[crofter]

Most /all cryptic clues have a [definition] plus "wordplay"

17d [have = own] "inside - tOW New recruit"
35a [drug = ecstacy] " CAST YES anagram = in variety"
29a [diety = satyr] "anagram of RATS around Y"
8d "sounds like a sound = creak" [inlet = creek]

With practice, they come easier!

[maddmattocks]

Thanks all, for 35a will go for ecstasy as it seems to match clue better e/csta/sy 'cast' and 'yes'. Something must be sinking into the brain!

[crofter]

Twiglet3 is correct!