| Restraining influence |
| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| Affluent area outside a city |
| Where Fluffy might get fixed |
| Dart; flutter |
| Fluidless, as a barometer |
| Some flu symptoms |
| A serous fluid |
| It flutters in a pit |
| Flushing Meadows stadium |
| Modern affluent type |
| End of some affluent community names |
| Affluent, in Acapulco |
| Superfluous word in Cheech and Chong routines |
| All aflutter |
| Embarrassing flub |
| More affluent |
| Give Schweppes Ginger ___ try!" (brilliant soda slogan I just made up) (this clue dedicated to the great Merl Reagle, the master of saving weak entries; RIP, Merl) |
| It makes Fluffy frisky |
| Fluted, ring-shaped cake variety |
| Flutters, as eyelids |
| Against a Vegas worker? (Surprise! Did you expect a clue about selling heirlooms?) |
| Fluttering trees |
| Discarded dryer fluff |
| Readily fluent |
| Crime scene clue |
| Fluttery tree |
| Polygraph flunkers |
| Bar exhortation ... and a hint to how to answer five puzzle clues |
| Well-__ (affluent) |