Having putted round again, reached greater heights (7)
I believe the answer is:
towered
'reached greater heights' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with fundamental existence as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'having putted round again' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'round' could be 'o' (o is a circular letter) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'again' could be 're' (prefix meaning 'again') and 're' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for towered that I've seen before include "Was taller and more eminent than others" , "Loomed (over)" , "Was of great height, . . . . . . . over others" , "rose" .)