Pay for former head to tour Italy (7)
I believe the answer is:
expiate
'pay for' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'former head to tour italy' is the wordplay.
'former' becomes 'ex'.
'head' becomes 'pate' (I've seen this before**).
'to tour' is an insertion indicator (to tour can mean to go around).
'italy' becomes 'i'.
'pate' going around 'i' is 'piate'.
'ex'+'piate'='EXPIATE'
(Other definitions for expiate that I've seen before include "Atone for (guilt or wrongdoing)" , "Make reparation" , "right?" , "Pay for" , "Atone for (a sin)" .)