| Low-risk investments, for short |
| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| More risky |
| Spotted playing cube |
| At-risk front-line troops |
| Numbered cube |
| Cuts into cubes |
| Risky person to do business with, briefly |
| It makes Fluffy frisky |
| A cube has 12 |
| As brisk as ___ in conversation": Samuel Johnson |
| Gambler's cube |
| Cubed |
| Shake briskly |
| Cubed roots? |
| Risk-taking businessman |
| Risky proposition |
| Phenomenon observed in receding galaxies ... and in the answers to this puzzle's asterisked clues? |
| Chancy cube |
| Risking detention |
| Betting strategy that reduces risk |
| Adds cubes to |
| Altogether it's worth the most bonus troops in Risk |
| A cube has twelve |
| Dot-com with an asterisk in its name |
| Risky funding source |
| A CUBE HAS SIX |
| Deux cubed |
| Passover brisket seasoning |
| Played with small cubes |