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Stan got up about four, early start to see indigenous things (7)

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I believe the answer is:

natives

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'see indigenous things' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'stan got up about four early start' is the wordplay.
'got up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'four' becomes 'IV' (Roman numerals).
'start' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'early' is 'e'.
'stan' in reverse letter order is 'nats'.
'iv'+'e'='ive'
'nats' going around 'ive' is 'NATIVES'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for natives that I've seen before include "They can become restless" , "Local inhabitants of place or country" , "Residents" , "Indigenous inhabitants" , "oysters" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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