| Alternative to LGA | 18 |
| Alternative to liquid medicine | 30 |
| Alternative to Liquid-Plumr | 27 |
| Alternative to Lycos | 20 |
| Alternative to macaroni | 23 |
| Alternative to Mad at the newsstand? | 36 |
| Alternative to Madge | 20 |
| Alternative to Magnavox | 23 |
| Alternative to marinara | 23 |
| Alternative to Mario Batali | 27 |
| Alternative to Marlboros | 24 |
| Alternative to Mars | 19 |
| Alternative to MasterCard and Visa, informally | 46 |
| Alternative to mayonnaise | 25 |
| Alternative to Maytag or KitchenAid | 35 |
| Alternative to Mega Bloks | 25 |
| Alternative to Meth. or Luth. | 29 |
| Alternative to Midway | 21 |
| Alternative to mink | 19 |
| Alternative to mono | 19 |
| Alternative to mousse | 21 |
| Alternative to Moxie | 20 |
| Alternative to multiple choice | 30 |
| Alternative to mushroom or sausage | 34 |
| Alternative to mushrooms | 24 |
| Alternative to mushrooms? | 25 |
| Alternative to net | 18 |
| Alternative to never | 20 |
| Alternative to Newark or La Guardia | 35 |
| Alternative to newspaper classifieds | 36 |
| Alternative to Nikes | 20 |
| Alternative to nine-grain | 25 |
| Alternative to noir | 19 |
| Alternative to none | 19 |
| Alternative to nothing | 22 |
| Alternative to nuclear | 22 |
| Alternative to nude | 19 |
| Alternative to nuts? | 20 |
| Alternative to OAK | 18 |
| Alternative to oatmeal, non-dietarily | 37 |
| Alternative to odds | 19 |
| Alternative to office or home | 29 |
| Alternative to oil | 18 |
| Alternative to oil painting | 27 |
| Alternative to oils | 19 |
| Alternative to Ole or Edvard | 28 |
| Alternative to One A Day | 24 |
| Alternative to onion rings | 26 |
| Alternative to orchestra | 24 |
| Alternative to org | 18 |
| Alternative to org, com or net | 30 |
| Alternative to paint or paneling | 32 |
| Alternative to Panasonic, once | 30 |
| Alternative to paper or plastic | 31 |
| Alternative to parallel, in circuitry | 37 |
| Alternative to pasta | 20 |
| Alternative to Patty | 20 |
| Alternative to penne | 20 |
| Alternative to pepper spray | 27 |
| Alternative to pica | 19 |
| Alternative to picking, as a guitar | 35 |
| Alternative to pizzicato | 24 |
| Alternative to pj's | 23 |
| Alternative to Pl. or Ct. | 25 |
| Alternative to plastic | 22 |
| Alternative to plastic at a supermarket | 39 |
| Alternative to plastic wrap | 27 |
| Alternative to potatoes | 23 |
| Alternative to potatoes, perhaps | 32 |
| Alternative to pounds | 21 |
| Alternative to pounds, once | 27 |
| Alternative to pregnancy | 24 |
| Alternative to Prell | 20 |
| Alternative to premium | 22 |
| Alternative to prix fixe | 24 |
| Alternative to Prodigy or CompuServe | 36 |
| Alternative to Propecia | 23 |
| Alternative to public transportation | 36 |
| Alternative to pumpernickel | 27 |
| Alternative to purchase | 23 |
| Alternative to puri or uttapam | 30 |
| Alternative to Putinka, briefly | 31 |
| Alternative to quadraphonic | 27 |
| Alternative to quadraphony | 26 |
| Alternative to R.O.T.C. | 23 |
| Alternative to Raid | 19 |
| Alternative to rail | 19 |
| Alternative to raspberries? | 27 |
| Alternative to Reach | 20 |
| Alternative to ready? | 21 |
| Alternative to Red Roof | 23 |
| Alternative to reflexology | 26 |
| Alternative to regular | 22 |
| Alternative to rent | 19 |
| Alternative to Rep. or Dem. | 27 |
| Alternative to Rep. to Dem. | 27 |
| Alternative to Reuters | 22 |
| Alternative to rhyme | 20 |
| Alternative to rice | 19 |
| Alternative to roll-on | 22 |