| UNPLANNED | "I ask myself, again and again: was there an alternative to the indiscriminate, brutal, basically ____ rush forward of the Five-Year Plan?" (Eric Hobsbawm) |
| EARTHEN | Is there an alternative way to make it of clay? (7) |
| SHANEWEST | Eli Sammler in Once And Again was played by this actor. (5,4) |
| SELA | Lily Manning in Once And Again was played by _ Ward. |
| BHOPAL | In which Indian city was there an industrial disaster at the Union Carbide plant in 1984? (6) |
| HALO | Was there an aura about the Taj Mahal once? (4) |
| BAYOFPIGS | Where was there an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by US-backed troops in 1961? (3,2,4) |
| ORGANDIE | There's an alternative to force and that's material (8) |
| BLUERODEO | Toronto group with the 1987 Canada country #1 hit "Try" and 1990 #1 "Till I am Myself Again" |
| SWOON | So now there's an alternative to fainting! (5) |
| ORDER | Tell there's an alternative to red revolution (5) |
| ENCHILADA | As an American term for everything, "the whole ____" is an alternative to "the whole nine yards" |
| TENDERED | Again was inclined to take it when one made the offer (8) |
| WHEEL | In the snow he elected for an alternative to the ski (5) |
| STAIRS | Looks fixedly, by the sound of it, at an alternative to the lift |
| SINGER | Resign? There's an alternative for the entertainer (6) |
| TEASHOP | Or poet has to provide an alternative to the cafe (7) |
| BCE | Calender dating system that is used as an alternative to the term BC (1,1,1) |
| BUILDINGSOCIETY | Takes a keen interest in accommodating an alternative to the bankers (8,7) |
| TIL | Blue Rodeo's "'___ I Am Myself Again" |
