Excellent daughter returned to home land (5)
I believe the answer is:
india
'land' is the definition.
(India is an example)
'excellent daughter returned to home' is the wordplay.
'excellent' becomes 'ai'.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'returned' is a reversal indicator.
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'ai'+'d'='aid'
'aid' written backwards gives 'dia'.
'dia' after 'in' is 'INDIA'.
(Other definitions for india that I've seen before include "Second most populous country in the world" , "Eastern region" , "Commonwealth country, independent in 1947" , "The world's most populous democracy" , "Type of paper, rubber etc" .)