Cryptic crossword clue
Luck begins to change intellectual 12

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 8 letter word BLUE STOCKING

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does BLUE STOCKING mean?

BLUE STOCKING noun
  1. A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
  2. A member of the 18th-century Blue Stockings Society

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