Answer: cowards

AnswerCrossword Clue
COWARDSThey "die many times," said Shakespeare
COWARDSEach of them is "one who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs": Bierce
COWARDSFraidy-cats
COWARDSPoltroons.
COWARDSSome runners
COWARDSChickens
COWARDSYellowbellies
COWARDSExperts at flight?
cowardsa person who shrinks from or avoids danger, pain, or difficulty
cowardsone who lacks courage