| Budgetary waste |
| Alternative to tossed salad |
| Alternative to purchase |
| Alternative energy options |
| Alternative to man-to-man defense, in basketball |
| Aluminum foil alternatives? |
| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| Alternatives to RCs |
| Android alternative for smartphones |
| Alternative to air or highway |
| Alternative to MasterCard and Visa, for short |
| Alternative to a Whopper |
| Alternatives to Pentiums |
| Alternatives to Nikes |
| Alternative to a smiley face emoticon |
| Alternatives to downloads |
| ... ___. Need to move your belongings but can't afford to rent a van or a truck? Here's our inexpensive alternative: Birds! |
| Alternative to potatoes |
| Alternative to a Philly cheesesteak |
| Alternative to Facebook Messenger |
| Alternative to pizza dough |
| Alternative to a crucifix, in vampire stories |
| Alternatives to suspenders |
| White bread alternative |
| Alternative to a Maxwell |
| Alternatively |
| Alternative names |
| Alternative words used as alternatives for each other in this puzzle's theme answers |
| Alternative rock band that was fronted by Michael Stipe |
| Zounds!" alternative |