Answer: maxim

AnswerCrossword Clue
MAXIMPopular pinup publication
MAXIMMr. Gorky.
MAXIM"It is more blessed to give . . . ," for example.
MAXIMPrecept.
MAXIMGolden rule.
MAXIMSaw.
MAXIMProverb.
MAXIMApothegm.
MAXIMType of machine gun
MAXIMApothegm
MAXIMWriter Gorky
MAXIMFHM competitor
MAXIM"Poor Richard's Almanack" tidbit
MAXIMMagazine with an annual Hot 100
MAXIMAnnual "Hot 100" publisher
MAXIM"It takes money to make money," e.g.
MAXIMType of gun.
MAXIM"He who hesitates is lost," e.g.
MAXIMMagazine that covers "Sex, Sports, Beer, Gadgets, Clothes, Fitness"
MAXIM"There's no 'I' in team," for one
MAXIM"Hunger never saw bad bread," for one
MAXIM"An apple a day ..." is one
MAXIMStock saying
MAXIMUS inventor family
MAXIMCommon saying
MAXIMStatement to live by
MAXIMByword
MAXIMNeedlepoint pillow decoration, perhaps
maxima pithy saying; a proverb
maximproverb
maximmale given name, form of Maximilian
MAXIMAphorism
MAXIMGorki's adage?
MAXIMNugget of wisdom
MAXIMSage saying
MAXIMSaw
MAXIM"An apple a day..." is one
MAXIMAin't it the truth!
MAXIM"A stitch in time ..." is one
MAXIMSaying