| Alternative to MasterCard and Visa, informally | 46 |
| Alternative to Maytag or KitchenAid | 35 |
| Alternative to mushroom or sausage | 34 |
| Alternative to Newark or La Guardia | 35 |
| Alternative to newspaper classifieds | 36 |
| Alternative to oatmeal, non-dietarily | 37 |
| Alternative to paint or paneling | 32 |
| Alternative to parallel, in circuitry | 37 |
| Alternative to picking, as a guitar | 35 |
| Alternative to plastic at a supermarket | 39 |
| Alternative to potatoes, perhaps | 32 |
| Alternative to Prodigy or CompuServe | 36 |
| Alternative to public transportation | 36 |
| Alternative to rouge in roulette | 32 |
| Alternative to rye for a sandwich maker | 39 |
| Alternative to shaving cream, for retro types | 45 |
| Alternative to shoving mail under the door | 42 |
| Alternative to singles, in figure skating | 41 |
| Alternative to standard medicine | 32 |
| Alternative to Subway or Blimpie | 32 |
| Alternative to the morning-after pill | 37 |
| Alternative to the pill, briefly | 32 |
| Alternative to Travelocity or Orbitz | 36 |
| Alternative to true-false or multiple-choice | 44 |
| Alternative to truth in a party game | 36 |
| Alternative to Uno Chicago Grill | 32 |
| Alternative to vernacular, historically | 39 |
| Alternative to wall-to-wall carpet | 34 |
| Alternative to white, as turkey meat | 36 |
| Alternative way to get directions? | 34 |
| Alternatively, in cyberspace shorthand | 38 |
| Alternatively, in Internet lingo | 32 |
| Alternatives to angel investors, for short | 42 |
| Alternatives to cups, in dessert orders | 39 |
| Alternatives to lutzes and salchows | 35 |
| Alternatives to main thoroughfares | 34 |
| Alternatives to passing shots, in tennis | 40 |
| Alternatives to tellers, briefly | 32 |
| Alternatives to the Grammys: Abbr. | 34 |
| Alternatives to urgent care clinics, for short | 46 |
| Alters a schooner's direction | 33 |
| Alters to allow development, maybe | 34 |
| Altman's "Ready ___" | 34 |
| Altman's "Welcome ___" | 36 |
| Alto's "instrument" | 33 |
| AltWire's parent periodical, for short | 42 |
| Alumni of Dr. Twinkletoes' classes? | 39 |
| Alvar who designed Finlandia Hall | 33 |
| Alvarado of "Little Women," 1994 | 42 |
| Alvin of the American Dance Theater | 35 |
| Alvy's love interest in a Woody Allen film | 46 |
| Always avoid mentioning muralist Rivera? | 40 |
| Always rushing, rushing, rushing | 32 |
| Always starting in the middle square, e.g. | 42 |
| Always use the term "coloring agent"? | 47 |
| Always, if the meter requires it | 32 |
| Alyssa in ''Fear'' | 34 |
| Alyssa of "Romantically Challenged" | 45 |
| Alyssa of "Who's the Boss?" | 41 |
| AM/FM programs aired in Brazil's first month? | 49 |
| Amanda of "A Year in the Life" | 40 |
| Amanda of "Igby Goes Down" | 36 |
| Amanda of "Something's Gotta Give" | 48 |
| Amanda of "The Whole Nine Yards" | 42 |
| Amanda of "The Whole Ten Yards" | 41 |
| Amanda Palmer instrument, briefly | 33 |
| Amanda who came back to the U.S. in 2011 | 40 |
| Amanda ___ of "Gunsmoke" | 34 |
| Amateur broadcaster's equipment | 35 |
| Amateur geologist's purchase | 32 |
| Amateur golfer's score, perhaps | 35 |
| Amateur photographer's workshop | 35 |
| Amaze a Sherlock Holmes portrayer? | 34 |
| Amaze someone who collects archery equipment? | 45 |
| Amazed agreement, in the form of a question | 43 |
| Amazed by (with ''of'') | 39 |
| Amazed exclamations from bullfight spectators? | 46 |
| Amazed person's interjection | 32 |
| Amazed telegram recipientÂ’s cry? | 36 |
| Amazon ants capture them to raise as slaves | 43 |
| Amazon warrior killed by Achilles | 33 |
| Amb. to the U.N.: 1961–65 | 32 |
| Ambassador at Paris: 1814–15 | 35 |
| Ambassador from India: 1948–49 | 37 |
| Ambassador Michael Oren's DC home | 37 |
| Ambassador or Statesman of old autodom | 38 |
| Ambassador's ceremonial accessory | 37 |
| Ambient electronic duo, with "the" | 44 |
| Ambient/chillout electronic band Deep ___ | 41 |
| Ambiguities with one indelicate interpretation | 46 |
| Ambiguous and intimidating last words | 37 |
| Ambiguous headline about a California drug bust? | 48 |
| Ambiguous headline about a police action | 40 |
| Ambiguous headline about a protest? | 35 |
| Ambiguous headline about a stolen Stradivarius? | 47 |
| Ambiguous headline about a vagrancy statistic? | 46 |
| Ambiguous headline about agriculture legislation | 48 |
| Ambiguous headline about construction delay | 43 |
| Ambiguous headline about Mideast dealings | 41 |
| Ambiguous headline about school closings? | 41 |