Answer: stayers

AnswerCrossword Clue
STAYERSHangers-on
STAYERSObedient dogs, at times
STAYERSHorses with endurance
STAYERSGuests who don't go.
STAYERSLingering guests.
STAYERSPitchers who "go the route."
STAYERSThose with endurance
STAYERSPerseverant ones
stayersSTAYER, one who stays (to remain in a place of a condition)
stayersA tenacious person or thing, esp. a horse able to hold out to the end of a race
stayersA person who lives somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest