Returning home mad and in a daze (7)
I believe the answer is:
stunned
'a daze' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'returning home mad' is the wordplay.
'returning' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'home' becomes 'den' (I've seen this in other clues).
'mad' becomes 'nuts' (I've seen this before).
'den'+'nuts'='dennuts'
'dennuts' backwards is 'STUNNED'.
'and in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for stunned that I've seen before include "Knocked out; astonished" , "Dazed; astonished" , "Shocked" , "Dazed; astounded" , "Knocked unconscious" .)