Misers (8)
I believe the answer is:
scrooges
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">misers</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('scrooge' can be a synonym of 'miser')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for scrooges that I've seen before include "Misers like Dicken's Ebenezer" , "Misers of dickensian kind" , "Skinflints" .)