| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| Low-risk investments, for short |
| More risky |
| At-risk front-line troops |
| Risky person to do business with, briefly |
| It makes Fluffy frisky |
| As brisk as ___ in conversation": Samuel Johnson |
| Risk-taking businessman |
| Shake briskly |
| Risky proposition |
| Phenomenon observed in receding galaxies ... and in the answers to this puzzle's asterisked clues? |
| Loan guarantor |
| Sloan Sch. entrance exams |
| Betting strategy that reduces risk |
| Risking detention |
| Auto loan inits. |
| Achieved, as a loan |
| Altogether it's worth the most bonus troops in Risk |
| Dot-com with an asterisk in its name |
| Risky funding source |
| Advances a loan |
| Advice to loan seekers, Part 1 |
| Default subjects |
| Passover brisket seasoning |
| Getting by with a loaner herb? |
| Auto-loan figs. |
| Home loan, reduced? |
| Defaulter's auto, often |
| How to unravel the answers to this puzzle's asterisked clues |
| Govt. loan source |