| Amateur geologist's purchase | 32 |
| Amateur broadcaster's equipment | 35 |
| Amanda ___ of "Gunsmoke" | 34 |
| Amanda who came back to the U.S. in 2011 | 40 |
| Amanda Palmer instrument, briefly | 33 |
| Amanda of "The Whole Ten Yards" | 41 |
| Amanda of "The Whole Nine Yards" | 42 |
| Amanda of "Something's Gotta Give" | 48 |
| Amanda of "Igby Goes Down" | 36 |
| Amanda of "A Year in the Life" | 40 |
| AM/FM programs aired in Brazil's first month? | 49 |
| Alyssa of "Who's the Boss?" | 41 |
| Alyssa of "Romantically Challenged" | 45 |
| Alyssa in ''Fear'' | 34 |
| Always, if the meter requires it | 32 |
| Always use the term "coloring agent"? | 47 |
| Always starting in the middle square, e.g. | 42 |
| Always rushing, rushing, rushing | 32 |
| Always avoid mentioning muralist Rivera? | 40 |
| Alvy's love interest in a Woody Allen film | 46 |
| Alvin of the American Dance Theater | 35 |
| Alvarado of "Little Women," 1994 | 42 |
| Alvar who designed Finlandia Hall | 33 |
| Alumni of Dr. Twinkletoes' classes? | 39 |
| AltWire's parent periodical, for short | 42 |
| Alto's "instrument" | 33 |
| Altman's "Welcome ___" | 36 |
| Altman's "Ready ___" | 34 |
| Alters to allow development, maybe | 34 |
| Alters a schooner's direction | 33 |
| Alternatives to urgent care clinics, for short | 46 |
| Alternatives to the Grammys: Abbr. | 34 |
| Alternatives to tellers, briefly | 32 |
| Alternatives to passing shots, in tennis | 40 |
| Alternatives to main thoroughfares | 34 |
| Alternatives to lutzes and salchows | 35 |
| Alternatives to cups, in dessert orders | 39 |
| Alternatives to angel investors, for short | 42 |
| Alternatively, in Internet lingo | 32 |
| Alternatively, in cyberspace shorthand | 38 |
| Alternative way to get directions? | 34 |
| Alternative to white, as turkey meat | 36 |
| Alternative to wall-to-wall carpet | 34 |
| Alternative to vernacular, historically | 39 |
| Alternative to Uno Chicago Grill | 32 |
| Alternative to truth in a party game | 36 |
| Alternative to true-false or multiple-choice | 44 |
| Alternative to Travelocity or Orbitz | 36 |
| Alternative to the pill, briefly | 32 |
| Alternative to the morning-after pill | 37 |
| Alternative to Subway or Blimpie | 32 |
| Alternative to standard medicine | 32 |
| Alternative to singles, in figure skating | 41 |
| Alternative to shoving mail under the door | 42 |
| Alternative to shaving cream, for retro types | 45 |
| Alternative to rye for a sandwich maker | 39 |
| Alternative to rouge in roulette | 32 |
| Alternative to public transportation | 36 |
| Alternative to Prodigy or CompuServe | 36 |
| Alternative to potatoes, perhaps | 32 |
| Alternative to plastic at a supermarket | 39 |
| Alternative to picking, as a guitar | 35 |
| Alternative to parallel, in circuitry | 37 |
| Alternative to paint or paneling | 32 |
| Alternative to oatmeal, non-dietarily | 37 |
| Alternative to newspaper classifieds | 36 |
| Alternative to Newark or La Guardia | 35 |
| Alternative to mushroom or sausage | 34 |
| Alternative to Maytag or KitchenAid | 35 |
| Alternative to MasterCard and Visa, informally | 46 |
| Alternative to Mad at the newsstand? | 36 |
| Alternative to leaving a test question blank | 44 |
| Alternative to La Guardia or Newark, in brief | 45 |
| Alternative to Kennedy or LaGuardia | 35 |
| Alternative to JVC or Panasonic, once | 37 |
| Alternative to J.F.K. and La Guardia | 36 |
| Alternative to immediate purchase | 33 |
| Alternative to I, you, he or she | 32 |
| Alternative to hanging clothes on a line | 40 |
| Alternative to Friendster or MySpace | 36 |
| Alternative to draw or hold 'em | 35 |
| Alternative to Doric or Corinthian | 34 |
| Alternative to dieting, informally | 34 |
| Alternative to dial-up Internet: Abbr. | 38 |
| Alternative to degrees, in math: Abbr. | 38 |
| Alternative to Coke Zero or Pepsi One | 37 |
| Alternative to Chinese or Indian | 32 |
| Alternative to cherry and walnut | 32 |
| Alternative to Charles de Gaulle | 32 |
| Alternative to cat's pajamas? | 33 |
| Alternative to buttons on a jacket | 34 |
| Alternative to brick-and-mortar stores | 38 |
| Alternative to Best Buy or Circuit City | 39 |
| Alternative to Barq's or Hires | 34 |
| Alternative to bankruptcy for a company | 39 |
| Alternative to AOL or CompuServe | 32 |
| Alternative to an ellipsis, maybe | 33 |
| Alternative to Alpine, in skiing | 32 |
| Alternative to a word like shucks or aw | 39 |
| Alternative to a true-false test | 32 |