Those inside sect with figure in charge, joyful (8)
I believe the answer is:
ecstatic
'joyful' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'those inside sect with figure in charge' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'sect' is 'ecst' which is located in the answer.
'figure' could be 'c' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'c' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ecstatic that I've seen before include "In a state of great delight" , "Transported by joy" , "Cites act about being thrilled to bits" , "Cite acts, being overjoyed" , "Overjoyed, over the moon" .)