Prayer about body half lost in heaven? (5)
I believe the answer is:
above
'in heaven?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'prayer about body half' is the wordplay.
'prayer' becomes 'ave' (I've seen this in other clues).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'half' suggests halving the letters.
'body' halved is 'bo'.
'ave' placed around 'bo' is 'ABOVE'.
'lost' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for above that I've seen before include "Position of the heavens!" , "Aforementioned" , "In preference to" , "Too good for" , "Higher than or over something" .)