Quite some way for martyr to travel in last month (8)
I believe the answer is:
distance
'martyr to travel in last month' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'quite some way' is the wordplay.
'quite some' becomes 'di' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'way' becomes 'stance' (I have seen 'Way of standing ' mean 'stance' so perhaps 'way' could also mean 'stance').
'di'+'stance'='DISTANCE'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for distance that I've seen before include "Range" , "The gap between two places" , "standoffishness" , "A far-off point" , "Length between points - remoteness" .)