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Based on the following crossword, find a word to describe those with fancy titles and lots of money.

crossword grid, transcribed at bottom of question

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1. Clear area for brightest star in constellation (6) 1. Refuse time off once at university regarding studies (10)
4. Paper printed a picture originally with topless Miley (7) 2. Eric, our new messenger (7)
9. Crazy aunts starting to make me wave (7) 3. Loud engine fad exploding (9)
10. French future is vainer, surprisingly (6) 5. Silver corroded sulfur rock formations (6)
11. Harp on about charge added to ceremony right away (9)* 6. Submit income (5)
12. Drag race led by director (4) 7. You left after it brought up extent (not small) of exercise (7)
14. Final word in a lesson's introduction (8) 8. Programming language inspired by CICS has bugs (7)
15. Uniting believers (originally leaderless), religion offers omnipresence (6)** 13. Compositor likes early transcriptions to begin with detailed title (10)
18. Quit golf, drawn in by pitch (6) 16. Wilt Chamberlain's Plough (3,6)
20. House party near Nathan's stand (8) 17. Pattern stone with lead-free pencil (7)
23. Learner put in beginner's league (4) 19. Welsh foundation for fashion: AnySelf (7)
25. Guardian of the Galaxy cut heart of monster (9) 21. Jack Sheen denied lead in Obliterate (7)
26. Rainier Mountain Hotel, surrounded by a ditch, making a comeback? (6) 22. Mark from demon work (6)
27. One million run in unit track (7) 24. Life near Maine's ecosystem (5)
28. Bugs in programming language limited by arrays (7)
29. Arkansas singer Bowman (6)

Clues were originally:

*Harp on about charge added to incomplete ceremony (9)

**Uniting believers (originally leaderless), god offers omnipresence (6)

Markdown Transcription

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The filled grid:

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Clue explanations:

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In the grid, there are

a few odd clue answers. As hinted by the two long down entries (LITERATURE and TYPESETTER), many of the entries are font names!

Specifically:

LUCIDA, PAPYRUS, AVENIR, TERMINAL, TAHOMA, IMPRINT, ARCHER, COURIER, STENCIL, SYLFAEN, and IMPACT are all fonts.

The first letters of these anagram to CAPITALISTS, a word that could certainly describe people with either fancy titles or lots of money!

(And as a bonus, "fountain" in the title hints at a different, though related, meaning of the word "font".)

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