Answer:

nabobs

Answer	Crossword Clue
NABOBS	Influential ones
NABOBS	Bigwigs
NABOBS	Agnew's natterers

NABOBS	Pooh-bahs
NABOBS	Big wheels
NABOBS	Wealthy men
NABOBS	Movers and shakers
NABOBS	High-muck-a-mucks
NABOBS	"Nattering ... of negativism": Spiro Agnew
NABOBS	Powerful people
NABOBS	Men of great wealth.

NABOBS	Croesuses.
NABOBS	Very rich men.
NABOBS	Plutocrats.
NABOBS	Wealthy ones.
NABOBS	Moguls.
NABOBS	Minor moguls.
NABOBS	VIP's in India.
NABOBS	Men of means

NABOBS	Affluent men.
NABOBS	Rich men
NABOBS	Powerful persons
NABOBS	V.I.P.'s
NABOBS	Moguls
NABOBS	Wheels
NABOBS	Well-to-do gents
NABOBS	. . . nattering .... of negativism