Praised former lover and stopped missing head (7)
I believe the answer is:
exalted
'praised' is the definition.
(exalting is a kind of praising)
'former lover and stopped missing head' is the wordplay.
'former lover' becomes 'ex'.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'stopped' becomes 'halted' (halting is a kind of stopping).
'missing head' means to remove the first letter.
'halted' with its initial letter taken off is 'alted'.
'ex'+'alted'='EXALTED'
(Other definitions for exalted that I've seen before include "Raised up, made glorious" , "Raised high in power or dignity" , "At a high level; extremely happy" , "Lifted in praise" , "Elevated and glorified" .)