Thankful about villain carrying ecstasy backtracking (8)
I believe the answer is:
relieved
'thankful' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'about villain carrying ecstasy backtracking' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'about' could be 're' ('re' means regarding or about) and 're' is found in the answer.
'ecstasy' could be 'e' (informal term for the drug) and 'e' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lived' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for relieved that I've seen before include "Grateful" , "Liberated" , "Raised the siege of, or generally eased pressure" , "Alleviated, assuaged" , "Freed by a substitute? - that relaxed the tension" .)