| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| They don't pay | Thomas Joseph | 20 Sep 2025 |
| Pathetic losers | ||
| They don’t meet obligations | Wall Street Journal | 07 Oct 2023 |
| The lifeless second movement suffered from.. | Wall Street Journal | 26 Jun 2021 |
| Freeloaders | Newsday | 23 Jul 2020 |
| Collector's targets | LA Times Daily | 15 Apr 2017 |
| Collector's targets | The Washington Post | 15 Apr 2017 |
| Collector's targets | ||
| Description of work by the figures haunting this puzzle? | ||
| Freeloaders | ||
| Sponges | ||
| They rate zero on the "credit-ability" scale | ||
| Freeloaders | ||
| Spongers | ||
| Party spongers | ||
| Spongers: Slang. | ||
| Free loaders. | ||
| Sponges of a sort. |