Yes, it could! Thank you Mrs Grundy.
So the D was wrong.
It's one of those clues that follows on from the previous one:
...letter from abroad giving expected termination of journey(3).
I had END which is obviously wrong. So now it is E - A.
ETA
The previous clue was
Native of Central Africa has right to a letter from abroad...(5)
O - A - -
OKAPI
Just two more to go now.