Worth taking time to travel right through (5)
I believe the answer is:
merit
'worth' is the definition.
(I know that merit is a type of worth)
'time to travel right through' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'travel right through' becomes 'meri' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
't' after 'meri' is 'MERIT'.
'taking' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for merit that I've seen before include "Goodness" , "Worth; deserve" , "Deserve, be worthy of" , "Have a right" , "Excellence, worth" .)