In trial, tie confused the scholarly types (8)
I believe the answer is:
literati
'types' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Bookish types ' mean 'literati' so perhaps 'types' could also mean 'literati')
'in trial tie confused the scholarly' is the wordplay.
'trial tie' can be anagrammed to 'LITERATI'.
But, I am unsure how the anagram is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for literati that I've seen before include "Well-educated readers" , "The intelligentsia interested in writing and reading" , "The well-read intelligentsia" , "The bookish intelligentsia" , "Learned people, men of letters" .)