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Chased by colonist, consider looking back (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

regardant

'looking back' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'chased by colonist consider' is the wordplay.
'chased by' says to put letters next to each other (some letters chase after others).
'colonist' becomes 'ant' (I've seen this before).
'consider' becomes 'regard' (synonyms).
'ant' put after 'regard' is 'REGARDANT'.

(Another definition for regardant that I've seen is " looking back".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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