### Clue: Bright oriental sailor returns with leader of Indian intellectuals (8)
### Answer: LITERATI 
 ### Explanation: Definition: intellectuals
 LIT(bright;lighted up) + E(abbrev. for the East;oriental) + **reversal of**(returns) TAR(a nickname for a sailor) **plus**(with) **1st letter of**(leader of) "Indian ".
Answer: Collectively, literary or scholarly people.