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Ross

I believe the answer is:

literati

(Other definitions for literati that I've seen before include "Literary intelligentsia" , "The well-read intelligentsia" , "The intelligentsia interested in writing and reading" , "Great minds" , "intellectuals" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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