Answer:

spinsters

Answer	Crossword Clue
SPINSTERS	"Arsenic and Old Lace" aunts, e.g.
SPINSTERS	Relatives of bachelor girls.
SPINSTERS	Misses.

SPINSTERS	Unmarried women
SPINSTERS	Certain loners
SPINSTERS	Unmarried women, once

Crossword

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