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Colonial creatures, perhaps found to return in most nations (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ants

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'colonial creatures' is the definition.
'ants' can be an answer for 'creatures' (ant is a kind of creature). I'm unsure of the 'colonial' bit.

'found to return in most nations' is the wordplay.
'to return in' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'returning in' mean this).
'found' indicates a hidden word.
'stna' is hidden in the letters of 'most nations'.
'stna' in reverse letter order is 'ANTS'.

'perhaps' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ants that I've seen before include "Six-foot insects" , "They live in a formicary" , "Industrious insects" , "Tiny insects that live in colonies" , "workers found returning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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