Ecstatic former partner stopped missing husband (7)
I believe the answer is:
exalted
'ecstatic' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'former partner stopped missing husband' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'former' could be 'ex' and 'ex' is found in the answer.
'partner' could be 'e' and 'e' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for exalted that I've seen before include "August" , "Elevated in rank" , "Raised or praised highly" , "High - rapturous" , "Elevated in nature or style" .)