| Alternative to Top 40 | 21 |
| Alternative to tossed salad | 27 |
| Alternative to Travelers | 24 |
| Alternative to Travelocity or Orbitz | 36 |
| Alternative to true, on a quiz | 30 |
| Alternative to true-false or multiple-choice | 44 |
| Alternative to truth | 20 |
| Alternative to truth in a party game | 36 |
| Alternative to Twinkies | 23 |
| Alternative to U.P.S. | 21 |
| Alternative to U.S.P.S. | 23 |
| Alternative to Unisom or Nytol | 30 |
| Alternative to United | 21 |
| Alternative to Uno Chicago Grill | 32 |
| Alternative to vanilla: Abbr. | 29 |
| Alternative to Vegas | 20 |
| Alternative to velcro | 21 |
| Alternative to vernacular, historically | 39 |
| Alternative to Virginia Slims | 29 |
| Alternative to Visa or MC | 25 |
| Alternative to Vogue or Glamour | 31 |
| Alternative to waffles | 22 |
| Alternative to wall-to-wall carpet | 34 |
| Alternative to war | 18 |
| Alternative to watercolors | 26 |
| Alternative to wax | 18 |
| Alternative to waxing | 21 |
| Alternative to white | 20 |
| Alternative to white or rye | 27 |
| Alternative to white or wheat | 29 |
| Alternative to white, as turkey meat | 36 |
| Alternative to whole | 20 |
| Alternative to whole or 2% | 26 |
| Alternative to whole wheat | 26 |
| Alternative to win or draw | 26 |
| Alternative to Windows | 22 |
| Alternative to Wranglers | 24 |
| Alternative to Yahoo! | 21 |
| Alternative to yes or no | 24 |
| Alternative to Zenith or JVC | 28 |
| Alternative to ZzzQuil | 22 |
| Alternative version | 19 |
| Alternative version of a song | 29 |
| Alternative way to get directions? | 34 |
| Alternative wd. | 15 |
| Alternative word | 16 |
| Alternative word combination | 28 |
| Alternative words | 17 |
| Alternative words used as alternatives for each other in this puzzle's theme answers | 88 |
| Alternative, in music | 21 |
| Alternative-media magazine | 26 |
| Alternative-medicine plant | 26 |
| Alternative-medicine staple | 27 |
| Alternatively | 13 |
| Alternatively, briefly | 22 |
| Alternatively, in cyberspace shorthand | 38 |
| Alternatively, in Internet lingo | 32 |
| Alternatives | 12 |
| Alternatives in the "You Must Draw Poultry" class? | 60 |
| Alternatives to 'Vettes | 27 |
| Alternatives to 401(k)s | 23 |
| Alternatives to 45s | 19 |
| Alternatives to 747's | 25 |
| Alternatives to angel investors, for short | 42 |
| Alternatives to booths | 22 |
| Alternatives to buses | 21 |
| Alternatives to Butterfingers | 29 |
| Alternatives to buttons | 23 |
| Alternatives to Casios | 22 |
| Alternatives to chips, say | 26 |
| Alternatives to Civics | 22 |
| Alternatives to coffee | 22 |
| Alternatives to Cokes | 21 |
| Alternatives to comb-overs | 26 |
| Alternatives to convertibles | 28 |
| Alternatives to creams | 22 |
| Alternatives to cups, in dessert orders | 39 |
| Alternatives to Dos Equis | 25 |
| Alternatives to downloads | 25 |
| Alternatives to e-mail | 22 |
| Alternatives to fans | 20 |
| Alternatives to fans, briefly | 29 |
| Alternatives to faxes | 21 |
| Alternatives to Filas | 21 |
| Alternatives to finger bowls | 28 |
| Alternatives to foils | 21 |
| Alternatives to fractions | 25 |
| Alternatives to furnaces | 24 |
| Alternatives to Hiltons | 23 |
| Alternatives to iced tea | 24 |
| Alternatives to iPhones | 23 |
| Alternatives to Jordache | 24 |
| Alternatives to lagers | 22 |
| Alternatives to lattes | 22 |
| Alternatives to Levi's | 26 |
| Alternatives to Levis | 21 |
| Alternatives to loafers | 23 |
| Alternatives to lutzes and salchows | 35 |
| Alternatives to Macs | 20 |
| Alternatives to main thoroughfares | 34 |