| Cues from a stage coach |
| Brain-scan letters |
| Dog-tag wearers, briefly |
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" author Dave |
| All, e.g., for this answer's last six letters? |
| Raised stage |
| Actress June from N.Y.C. |
| ___ stage (Freudian notion) |
| A cottage in ___ . . . ": Godley |
| Actor who played Hamlet in a 1964 production deliberately staged to look like a rehearsal |
| Archaeologist's letters |
| Acute food shortage |
| Evergreen tree has critical condition that's contagious (7) |
| Organizations with Greek letters |
| Deep-seated antagonism |
| Confusing statements ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| Many N.Y.C. residences |
| Lost" protagonist |
| Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |
| Attend a party uninvited ... and a literal hint to five sets of circled letters |
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" memoirist Dave |
| Accompaniers of cover letters: Abbr. |
| Unsavory protagonist |
| Adjust space between letters, in printing |
| Whatever it takes ... as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters |
| Personal letters |
| Letters from the family? |
| Retirement plan letters |
| Eagerly took advantage of, as an opportunity |
| Bounced-check letters |