| NINEMONTHS | The expected duration of a journey from Earth to Mars |
| OVERSTAY | Remain beyond the set limits or expected duration of |
| MESS | Word whose etymology reveals a journey from a served portion of food to a communal meal and ultimately to disorder, muddle and untidiness (4) |
| RUTHCRACKNELL | Which star of the television show Mother and Son (1984-94), wrote about the death of her husband of 41 years, Eric Phillips, in A Journey from Venice (2000)? (4,9) |
| TOUR | A journey from place to place as a vacation |
| RAGSTORICHES | Describing a journey from poverty to wealth |
| BABEL | In the Old Testament, the Tower of _ was intended to reach from earth to heaven (Genesis 11:1-9) (5) |
| CROTCHET | Musical note played for a quarter of the duration of a semibreve (8) |
| ZINC | Element used in galvanisation that can help to shorten the duration of a cold, according to scientists (4) |
| JACOB | Old Testament patriarch who dreams of a ladder leading from earth to heaven (Genesis 28:12) (5) |
| ESCAPE | Flight from earth to space for a change (6) |
| UPLINK | Transmission, or its path, from Earth to a spacecraft (6) |
| WHITEFANG | Title of Jack London's The Call of the Wild companion novel that follows the eponymous wolf-dog's journey from wild to tame (5,4) |
| SINGLESTORY | Recap of a dollar bill's journey from the mint to a wallet? |
| TRAVEL | Go on a journey from Turkey's capital with French composer (6) |
| RUN | Print the duration of a play's performance (3) |
| ARRIVALTIME | 1:58 for the duration of a 2016 Amy Adams sci-fi flick? |
| AIRTIME | The duration of a particular item or programme on radio or TV (7) |
| RUNTIME | Start to record wrong minute in duration of a film, say (3,4) |
| TRUMP | In cards, suit ranked above other suits for the duration of a hand (5) |
