Admired quiet road containing excellent semi - ignoring motorway (7)
I believe the answer is:
praised
'admired' is the definition.
'quiet road containing excellent semi ignoring motorway' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'quiet' could be 'p' (music symbol for 'piano') and 'p' is located in the answer.
'road' could be 'ai' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ai' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
(Other definitions for praised that I've seen before include "Spoke highly of" , "Exalted" , "Expressed approval of" , "Expressed admiration for" , "Commended" .)