Answer:

RAGS

Answer	Crossword Clue
RAGS	Dustcloths
RAGS	Pre-riches state
RAGS	Joplin tunes

RAGS	Pieces of old cloth
RAGS	Cast offs
RAGS	Cleaning cloths
RAGS	Fabric scraps
RAGS	Fragments of cloth.
RAGS	Precursor of riches
RAGS	Shabby clothing
RAGS	Duddie duds

RAGS	Alger's before
RAGS	Alger's "before"
RAGS	..-to-riches
RAGS	Joplin numbers
RAGS	Poverty, figuratively
RAGS	Opposite of riches?
RAGS	Poverty, symbolically
RAGS	Tabloids, to some

RAGS	Riches' precursor, maybe
RAGS	Cleaning aids
RAGS	Dust cloths
RAGS	Horatio Alger theme word
RAGS	Poverty, in metaphor
RAGS	Tattered duds
RAGS	Joplin works
RAGS	Riches' opposite

RAGS	Syncopated pieces
RAGS	Glad ..: party clothes
RAGS	Dipstick wipers
RAGS	Riches preceder, sometimes
RAGS	They may precede riches
RAGS	"The Entertainer" and others
RAGS	Precursor to riches
RAGS	Tattered attire

RAGS	Scandal sheets
RAGS	Tabloids
RAGS	Teases
RAGS	Street urchin's clothes
RAGS	Tabloids, informally

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.