Clue: Pause journey, very excited initially to be in Return of the King (7)
Answer: LAYOVER
Explanation: Definition: Pause journey
**V**(ery) **E**(xcited) [*initially*] *to be in* [*return*] **<=ROYAL** ("of the king") 
 
 
Pause journey is "lay over", so this clue is not grammatically correct in my opinion. It should be "pause IN journey", or the enumeration should be (3,4)