Circuiteer in places that are even more distant (5)
I believe the answer is:
icier
'more distant' is the definition.
(icy can mean distant)
'circuiteer in places that are even' is the wordplay.
'in places that are even' indicates alternate letters (only letters in even-numbered places).
The alternate letters of 'circuiteer' are 'ICIER'.
(Other definitions for icier that I've seen before include "with increased chance of freezing" , "increasingly frigid" , "More slippery" , "Colder even than 31 Across" , "More glacial" .)