- EGOS
- Braggarts have big ones
- Selves
- Freudian concerns
- Freudian topics
- Head swellers
- Inflatable items, perhaps
- Many stars have big ones
- Much-bruised items
- Psyches
- They're often inflated
- Central parts of the psyche
- Freudian subjects
- Sense of pride
- Compete
- They might get in the way of artistic collaboration
- They may get checked or boosted
- Big things on a movie set
- Large ones often clash
- They can be inflated or shattered
- Movie directors may manage them
- Narcissists need theirs fed frequently
- Key subjects of study for Anna Freud
- Big heads
- They may clash backstage
- Self-images
- Teamwork obstacles
- They're big in Hollywood
- Individualists?
- Obstacles for some supergroups
- Some are inflated at red carpet events
- Some filmmaking challenges
- They might get bruised by the paparazzi
- They sometimes get in the way of your plans
- They're inflatable
- They're often stroked
- Intra-office massage targets
- Stage giants
- Features of many a supergroup
- They may be inflated
- Obstacles in Hollywood, maybe
- Set blockers?
- Narcissists' concerns
- Stage clashers
- Self-promoters
- Problems for a team
- Psyches, in part
- Teamwork wreckers
- Me, myself, and I?
- More than one I
- Teamwork thwarters
- Hollywood clashers
- I's
- Flattery quells them
- Swelled heads
- Flattery feeds them
- Psyche sections
- Ids' companions
- Conceits
- Alter ___
- Roadblocks to a compromise, often
- They're bruised by humiliation
- Strong ones tend to clash
- They're big among bigwigs
- Personality-clash causes
- Contents of many locker rooms?
- What a locker room may be filled with
- Big head cases?
- Takes one's turn
- Common issues for NBA coaches
- Id counterparts
- Prima donna problems
- They can be bruised easily
- They're all "I"s?
- Senses of self-importance
- The I's have 'em
- These may clash
- They can be inflated
- Freud was interested in them
- Narcissists' problems
- Psyche parts
- They may be fragile
- Some are fragile
- Stars may have big ones
- They may clash
- They're easily bruised
- Hollywood giants?
- Jungian topics
- Self-interests?
- They are sometimes bruised
- Divas' display
- They can get bruised easily
- Inflatable things
- Psyche divisions
- Therapists' concerns
- They are easily bruised
- They often get stroked
- Qualities of the conceited
- They're subject to inflation
- These get inflated with hot air
- Psych 101 sections
- Self centers?
- Star wars starters
- Boasters have big ones
- Clash causers
- Divas have big ones
- Stars sometimes have big ones
- Hollywood biggies?
- They give people big heads
- They often need boosters
- Vanity cases?
- Clash participants
- They may hinder teamwork
- Clashing forces?
- Divas have large ones
- Heady subjects?
- Psychotherapists' concerns
- Rational selves, to Freudians
- Narcissists' interests (one of which can be found in each of the puzzle's longest answers)
- They can be stroked or inflated
- They may get bruised
- They might be inflated
- They often clash
- Traits of Type A personalities
- Alter ___ (second selves)
- Freudian head swellers
- Freudian selves
- Heady topics?
- Prima donnas have big ones
- Prima donnas' problems
- Swellheads' problems
- They can clash behind the scenes
- They frequently clash
- They may grow if stroked
- Big things in Hollywood
- Freudian self-regulators
- Hollywood features?
- Problems of the self-centered
- Some get easily bruised
- They are sometimes inflated
- They're prominent in prima donnas
- Big shots often have big ones
- I problems?
- Ids' counterparts
- Prima donna traits
- Swelled beans?
- They may clash in a boardroom
- Those full of themselves
- They can be inflated or massaged
- Analyst's concerns
- Certain trip takers
- They can be bruised
- Hollywood has some big ones
- Some are easily damaged
- Some stars have big ones
- They're sometimes inflated
- They sometimes clash
- Parts of psyches
- Swellheads have big ones
- They sometimes need boosts
- Invisible inflatables?
- Negotiation hindrances
- Deal obstacles
- Divas have delicate ones
- Flattery relishers
- Freudian mediators
- Many entertainers have big ones
- Shrink's concerns
- Some may be delicate
- Some stars have inflated ones
- They often clash in Hollywood
- Conference room clashers
- Freudian studies
- Massage targets
- Meeting obstacles?
- Motivators of some trips?
- Problems for team managers
- There are big ones in Hollywood
- They can get in the way
- They may clash in Tinseltown
- They may need stroking
- They sometimes get crushed
- Bigheads have big ones
- Some are inflated
- Deal busters, at times
- Film director's headaches
- Obstacles to quiet on the set?
- Strong ones may clash
- Boardroom clashers
- Inflatable items
- They may not be quiet on the set
- They may shrink if they aren't fed
- They may be bruised
- They're often bruised
- Alter __: secret identities for superheroes
- Challenges on the field
- They're better boosted than inflated
- Self-perceptions
- Some are easily bruised
- They may clash on a set
- Narcissists have big ones
- Group therapy challenges
- They may clash in Hollywood
- They may clash on a team
- Showbiz clashers
- They may clash on a movie set
- Coaches' headaches
- Obstacles on the set
- They may clash in debates
- They're often big in showbiz
- Big ones are found on Wall Street
- Big stars often have big ones
- Film directors' challenges
- Inflated ones often clash
- Negotiation obstacles
- Sometimes-puffy I's?
- They may clash on the lot
- Sensitive issues for directors
- Star qualities
- They may clash on film sets
- Director's challenges
- Star features
- Obstacles to good teamwork
- Qualities that make deals difficult
- They might clash on stage
- Targets of some trash talk
- Alter __
- Inner selves
- Sources of jealousy, perhaps
- Super followers?
- Self concepts
- Personalities
- Strong personalities
- Items often bruised
- Teamwork inhibitors
- They clash in Hollywood
- Sources of pride
- They're self-inflated
- Power trippers
- Conscious minds
- Movie-set clashers
- Parts of the psyche
- Clashers in Hollywood
- Hollywood clashers, at times
- Traits that may clash
- Fragile parts of personalities
- They can be fragile
- They may be fragile or inflated
- They may be inflated with hot air
- They may be easily bruised
- Seats of conceit
- They're too often inflated
- Prima-donna attributes
- They may clash at work
- Personality clashers
- Things too easily bruised
- Fragile concepts
- Causes of some blowups
- Clash-prone things
- Inflation candidates
- Senses of self
- Divas' salient features
- Id moderators
- Office clashers, at times
- They may impede pacts
- Vanity centers
- Centers of pride
- Negotiation impediments
- Personality parts
- Causes of personality clashes
- Cooperation obstacles
- What flattery feeds
- Fonts of arrogance
- Pride centers
- Defense forces
- Easily bruised things
- Psyche mediators
- Psychological studies
- Self-esteems
- What Sondheim rhymed with "amigos"
- Barriers to collaboration
- They love to be flattered
- Seats of arrogance
- Swelled head
- They might break up a band
- Impediments to apologies
- Inflated parts of the psyche
- They might clash
- They should be checked at the door
- Conceited people have big ones
- They may be stroked
- Trip takers?
- Personal organizers?
- They may clash in meetings
- Alter ___ (perfect substitutes)
- Analysis subjects
- Neo-Freudian topics
- Divas often have big ones
- Prima donnas often have big ones
- They can get inflated with hot air
- They get bigger when stroked
- They might need to be massaged after being bruised
- They're big among the glitterati
- They've been known to clash
- Bigheaded people have big ones
- Cause of star wars?
- Hot air is often released when they are inflated
- All-star cast problems
- Good team players don't have big ones
- Self-centered people have big ones
- Sources of hubris
- Selfish natures.
- Self-assertive tendencies.
- What opera managers must contend with.
- Bodies and souls.
- Individuals or selves.
- Self-interest factors.
- Psychologist's problems.
- Companions of ids.
- Couch themes.
- The I's.
- Individuals.
- Conceits: Colloq.
- Relatives of ids.
- Self-centered traits.
- Ids' relatives.
- Our selves.
- Parts of personalities.
- Psychiatrist's problems
- Alter and super
- Big I's
- Personal problems
- Assertive tendencies
- Components of psyches
- Psyche components
- Psychiatrists' topics
- These may take trips
- Personality aspects
- Psychoanalysts' concerns
- Vain ones' traits
- These modify ids
- Psychiatrists' concerns
- Vanities
- Selves, to Freud
- They drive us
- Some are puffed up
- They're big for conceited folks
- Self-important people, colloquially
- Some are super
- Sometimes they're super
- Freudian interests
- They may clash on the set
- Boosted items
- Stars have big ones
- Subjects of psychoanalysis
- Hindrances to settlements
- Minds' I's?
- Subjects of clashes
- They get in the way of sound thinking
- They may clash in business
- They're big in boardrooms
- The I's have them
- Capital I's?
- Clashing figures?
- They may be crushed
- Freud's I's
- Self-involved ones
- They can get in the way of a deal
- They may be boosted
- Modest people have small ones
- They may be hurt by falls
- They may be massaged
- Divas have them
- People with big heads have them
- Bruisable things
- Garry Trudeau's "Check Your ___ at the Door"
- They may be involved in shouting matches
- They're big on Wall Street
- Battle of ___
- They may clash among titans
- They may need massaging
- Things to stroke
- Occasional clashers
- Inflated selves
- Sources of hurt feelings
- Washington has some big ones
- What modest people lack
- Inflated heads
- They can be stroked or bruised
- Things inflated with hot air?
- Yes-men feed them
- Big ones can impede progress
- Deal breakers, on occasion
- Divas have sensitive ones
- Stars can have big ones
- They may be deal breakers
- Things that modest people lack
- They're subject to inflation and deflation
- Causes of some celebrity clashes
- Prima donnas' features
- They may need boosting
- Impediments to teamwork
- Inflated things?
- Nice things to be massaged
- They may get in the way of an agreement
- Big things on Capitol Hill
- Super parts of the psyche
- Alphas might clash over them
- They can be massaged or inflated
- Psych 101 subjects
- Psychic mediators
- They benefit from boosters
- They're big among the stars
- Causes of bigheadedness
- Inflated senses of self
- They may clash in a theater
- Big things for megalomaniacs
- Bigwigs may have big ones
- Things that clash in Washington
- Traits that clash
- Big features of reality TV
- Big things in D.C. and Hollywood
- Obstacles to teamwork
- Rational selves, to Freud
- Things bigheaded people have
- What team leaders must frequently manage
- Power-hungry people have big ones
- Problems that a group project might face
- Self-identities
- Things coaches handle
- Big personalities
- Clash of the titans?
- Common sources of conflict
- Headaches for talent agents
- Teamwork disrupters
- They may be set aside in a collaboration
- Things that sometimes clash in orchestras?
- What coaches on star-laden teams must handle
- Me problems
- Barriers to compromise
- Inflated self-images
- Senses of self-worth
- Some causes of stubbornness
- Stars might have big ones
- Supervisory challenges
- Id checkers?
- They can be boosted or inflated
- Me, me, me attitudes
- They sometimes need stroking
- Corporate clashers
- Freud subjects
- Prima dna features
- Divas' problems
- Personality components
- Id regulators
- Braggarts have inflated ones
- Braggarts' problems
- Problems for vain types
- Spoiled stars' problems
- See 5-Down
- Problems for vain people
- Vain folks' problems
- They can grow, post-success
- They may cause band friction
- Braggarts' displays
- They can grow w/fame
- They can grow when famous
- They give members big heads
- They might get a boost, post-stardom
- They might get inflated
- Inflated things, post-stardom
- Hill entities
- These may be inflated in Washington
- They can get bruised
- They often need massaging
- They block much legislation
- They can hold up legislation
- Massaged entities
- They're formed in the mirror stage
- Me-generation concerns
- Freud wrote of them
- They might clash in a locker room
- Big ones may get in the way on a movie set
- Counterparts of ids
- Fragile ones may need to be massaged
- Hindrances to compromises
- Alter ___ (superheroes' secret identities)
- Big ones might impede collaboration
- Divas might have big ones
- People might be asked to check them at the door
- They're stroked by sycophants
- Bruised or inflated items
- Conscious psyches
- They may be crushed or swollen
- They may be inflated for stars
- They're swollen on some superstars
- Conscious minds, to Freud
- They may clash, especially if inflated
- They occasionally clash
- Some performers' problems
- They are sometimes wounded
- They make heads swell
- They may be shattered or inflated
- Motivators of the me-generation
- Prideful items
- Pysche parts
- They can be inflated or boosted
- They cause swelling of the head
- Things that may become bruised
- Inflatable objects?
- Inflated parts in some people
- Items that may swell
- Sources of problems for prima donnas
- These can be inflated
- Reality checkers, to Freud
- They may be boosted or fragile
- Troublemakers at meetings
- Hot air may be released when they are inflated
- They're gigantic in Hollywood
- They're full of hot air
- Big ones often clash
- Big problems of some stars
- Some may be gigantic
- Things that can be bruised
- Psychologist's concerns
- Teamwork impediments
- Things that modest people rarely display
- Traits for blowhards
- Hindrances to teamwork
- Id's counterpart
- This puzzle's theme
- Oft-bruised items
- Things not for the modest
- Causes of feelings of superiority
- Deterrent to team players
- Psychiatric components
- They cause head swellings
- Ids' complements
- Makers of big heads
- Alter things
- Boosters of selves
- Headaches for the team
- Heady vanity cases
- Id complements
- Stars have them
- Team deterrents?
- Teamwork destroyers
- Teamwork deterrents
- Things for braggarts
- Big ones may clash
- Boosts may inflate them
- Failures bruise them
- Haters may bruise them
- Megalomaniacs have big ones
- Obstacles in an all-star cast
- They may interfere with team play
- Barriers to cooperation
- Fragile ones are easily bruised
- Obstacles to collaboration
- Causes of swollen heads?
- Pleasure trips' focuses?
- Praise may inflate them
- They may be boosted or bruised
- They may be stroked or inflated
- Big stars have big ones
- They may be inflated or fragile
- Victories inflate them
- Alter ___ (secondary identities)
- Big ones clash in Hollywood
- Humble people have small ones
- They can be inflated or bruised
- Very personal matters
- Ids
- Hindrances to humility
- Humble people don't have big ones
- They might have to be managed on a team
- Psychology subjects
- Self conceits
- Self: pl.
- Personality elements
- Some may be gigantic in Hollywood
- They may be swollen or brusied
- Type A's may have big ones
- Freudian personality components
- They may be inflated or swollen
- Psychology topics
- They may inhibit sound thinking
- Selfishness bases
- Hot air inflates them
- They can clash
- What team players lack
- Features of many Hollywood heads
- Parts of all psyches
- Psych subjects
- Some are huge
- They're boosted by compliments
- Divas are thought to have large ones
- Check your ___ at the door (Quincy Jones' instruction)
- Teamwork deterrences
- Reasons for the saying, "There's no 'I' in team"
- Features of overly strong personalities
- They're detrimental to teamwork
- Impediments to teamwork, often
- Problems for the vain
- They often clash backstage
- Bandmates' clashers, at times
- Problems for 1-Downs
- The humble have small ones
- They may be bruised or stroked
- They may be stroked or bruised
- They may clash among stars
- Traits of many 14-Acrosses
- What self-effacing folks lack
- 16-Acrosses' problems
- Prima donnas' clashers
- Prima donnas's problems
- Some superstars' problems
- Teamwork obstacles, often
- They may be bruised or inflated
- Alter ___ (secondary personas)
- Barriers to some apologies
- Conflict resolution obstacles
- Impediments to collaboration
- They may get bruised or inflated
- They might be checked at the door
- They might be easily bruised
- They might cause stars to explode
- They might be inflated by praise
- Big ones impede teamwork
- Self-important people might have big ones
- Alter selves
- Pompous people have big ones
- They may clash in a group project
- They might be fragile or inflated
- Couch subjects
- They're sometimes stroked
- Directors may juggle them
- All-star team's baggage?
- Politicians may have big ones
- Bruised parts of minds
- Mental massage targets
- They're mentally inflatable
- Braggarts' big things
- Mentally boosted things
- They're sometimes fragile
- Problems in an all-star cast
- Narcissists have them
- Good grades may boost them
- Id mediators
- They may get a boost
- They're fed with praise
- Some need to be massaged
- Sources of team conflict
- They can bruise and clash
- Cause of some cast clashes
- Prima donnas are known for theirs
- Senses of grandiosity
- Some get massaged
- Stars' problems, perhaps
- They may be big on movie sets
- They may be bruised in a loss
- They're susceptible to bruising
- They may clash, and what you'll find in the centers of 20-, 31-, 39- and 50-Across
- They might need to be checked at the door