Sway (5)
'sway' is the definition.
(I know that sway is a more specific form of the action influence)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for influence that I've seen before include "Agency" , "Power to affect persons or events" , "Sway, dominance" , "Weight" , "Effect" .)
'sway' is the definition.
(I know that sway can be written as swing)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for swing that I've seen before include "Shift opinions; hang" , "Die" , "Type of music" , "Big band jazz" , "What election candidate may need" .)
'sway' is the definition.
(I know that sway can be written as rock)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for rock that I've seen before include "Swing" , "Boulder - oscillate - sweetmeat" , "Edinburgh - -" , "Boulder; music" , "Sweet < music" .)
(Other definitions for totter that I've seen before include "Stand/walk unsteadily" , "Proceed unsteadily" , "adder?" , "Walk shakily as if about to fall" , "Be unsteady on one's feet" .)
'sway' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for teeter that I've seen before include "Rock unsteadily on feet" , "See-saw on the edge" , "Stand or move unsteadily" , "Balance unsteadily" , "Totter, wobble" .)