| Metallic element |
| Maximum number of party attendees, perhaps |
| Soft, silvery-white element |
| Creatively-censored 4/28/10 New York Post headline about the foul-mouthed Senate/Wall Street hearings |
| Acct. numbers |
| Almost any element whose name ends in -ium |
| Abundant element in Earth's core |
| Atomic number 44 symbol |
| Numbers that never get smaller |
| Foolishly rent Tampa's penthouses, for example (10) |
| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| Exactly 10 seconds, for the 100-yard dash |
| Result of two people with incompatible values exchanging numbers, perhaps |
| Victors in 1066 |
| Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep hidden in this puzzle's 10 longest answers |
| Numbered cube |
| Actor who supposedly "destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise |
| Beverly Hills 90210" spin-off that starred Heather Locklear: 2 wds. |
| Duane who was #2 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time |
| A gaseous element |
| Heat forward who won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013: 2 wds. |
| Indefinite number |
| Start of an elementary lesson |
| Elementary gases |
| Elements of stunning black-and-white photographs? |
| Approx. number |
| Agenda element |
| Hardly 100% |
| 10th-day-of- Christmas gift |
| Figs. well above 100 in Mensa |