Answer:

lodgers

Answer	Crossword Clue
LODGERS	Paying guests
LODGERS	Tenants
LODGERS	They rent quarters

LODGERS	They rent rooms
LODGERS	Rooming-house residents
LODGERS	Inn patrons
LODGERS	House tenants
LODGERS	Roomers.
LODGERS	Renters.
LODGERS	Roomers
LODGERS	Tabard guests

LODGERS	Tenants of Lords, e.g.
LODGERS	Part of the inn crowd?

Crossword

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