| Cues from a stage coach |
| ___ stage (Freudian notion) |
| Banished to sleep on a couch, say ... or where to find the starred answers' hidden items |
| Raised stage |
| Deeply saddens ... or delights |
| ___ the world (asleep) |
| Actor who played Hamlet in a 1964 production deliberately staged to look like a rehearsal |
| Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep hidden in this puzzle's 10 longest answers |
| Bellini's sleepwalker |
| Deep sorrow |
| Amtrak sleeping compartments |
| Sleepy John ___ (blues guitarist) |
| Deep-seated antagonism |
| Acted sleepy |
| Feeling sleepy |
| Start of a sleeper's observation |
| Sleep preventer |
| Sleepy baker's equipment? |
| Late sleeper's comment to a nagging partner |
| Deep-seated |
| Sleep lab detection |
| Deep blue |
| Sleeper's malady |
| Asleep ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| Stage combat props |
| Investigate deeply (with ''into'') |
| Stage |
| Concert stage sights |
| Adult stage in insects |
| Final chess stage |