Possible Clues:

• Scrambled wd
• Pc. of wordplay
• Course for Crusoe?: Abbr
• Letter jumble (Abbr.)
• Either of matching words, in a way: Abbr
• Steal, for slate: Abbr
• "I hate to be ___ ..." ("Sorry to pester you ...")
• Scrambled wd.
• Toilets for T.S. Eliot?: Abbr
• "I hate to be __, but ...": complaint opening