The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GNOMES
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More clues leading to the result GNOMES
- The writer inspired by ditty about bankers?
- Pithy sayings conveying no message when unwrapped
- Outside of garden houses headless statues
- Little people in air flying round to entertain me
- Saws for fellers in the garden?
- Leave note in Middle English with leading scholar found in Zurich?
- Secret bankers backing number protecting me
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What does GNOMES mean?
GNOMES noun- A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.
- (magic, Rosicrucianism) An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth.
- (fantasy literature) One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually even smaller than dwarves and more focussed on engineering than mining.
- A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.
- The northern pygmy owl, Glaucidium gnoma, a small owl of the western United States.
- A small statue of a dwarf-like character, often bearded, placed in a garden.
- An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a compact blue starter.
- A banker, especially a secretive international one.