Scholars half hide having got involved in escapades (8)
I believe the answer is:
students
'scholars' is the definition.
('student' can be a synonym of 'scholar')
'half hide having got involved in escapades' is the wordplay.
'half' means to take half the letters.
'having got' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'involved in escapades' becomes 'stunts' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hide' cut in half is 'de'.
'de' placed inside 'stunts' is 'STUDENTS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for students that I've seen before include "Pupils or scholars" , "Trainee medics possibly" , "Learners as at school" , "School or university attendees" , "Tests dun? (anag)" .)