Wealthy attempt to follow facts (6)
I believe the answer is:
gentry
'wealthy attempt to follow facts' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'attempt to follow facts' is the wordplay.
'attempt to' becomes 'try' (I've seen this in other clues).
'follow' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'facts' becomes 'gen'.
'try' after 'gen' is 'GENTRY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gentry that I've seen before include "Persons of high birth" , "Class of society" , "aristocrats" , "People of high birth" , "people of a particular sort" .)