| DETONATOR | Alliance replacing university in alternative course means to create boom? (9) |
| DIRHAM | See one replacing university money in Africa (6) |
| STRIDENT | Vociferous student replacing university with right one (8) |
| REPORTCARDS | Sheets that show students' grades: 2 wds. (Wordplay tip: "Course" means "school class" here, not "racecourse") |
| SPINDRYER | Tossing back nips, doctor drinks whiskey in alternative to tumbler (4,5) |
| NORTHEAST | Direction of new articles written in alternative way (9) |
| MEDICINAL | Claimed in alternative healing (9) |
| ALLOTROPE | Distribute something known by expert in alternative form |
| SACCHARIN | New car, and cash in alternative sweetener |
| DEPENDSON | Places trust in alternative (7,2) |
| OPERATION | Time invested in alternative campaign |
| GOALLTHEWAY | From Galloway the alternative course of action to take to its conclusion (2,3,3,3) |
| OILPAINT | Means to create trouble after work - time to move as far as possible! (3,5) |
| MAKEDO | Manage with limited means to create hairstyle (4,2) |
| SHIFTKEY | Sell important means to create capital (5,3) |
| TESTBED | Endlessly irritable educationist means to create experimental environment |
| EXPRESSWAY | State means to create a fast road (10) |
| WAYS | Means to create influence by making son leader (4) |
| MENTHOL | Payment holiday provides means to create breathing space |
| ARCHWAY | Cunning means to create entrance, perhaps (7) |
