| HARDBOARD | Material used as an alternative to wood |
| ORDEAL | Test an alternative to wood |
| LITMUS | Material used as an acid-base indicator (6) |
| EMERY | Hard material used as an abrasive |
| LINER | Material used as an inner layer in a garment (5) |
| LINING | Material used as an interior covering |
| CARPETING | alternative to wood floors |
| TNUTS | Alternative to wood screws |
| IRON | Alternative to wood, in golf |
| ESSENCE | Vanilla -; ingredient used as an alternative to extract in recipes such as custard, Victoria sponge, marble cake and Viennese whirls (7) |
| PARACETAMOL | Mild analgesic drug used as an alternative to aspirin (11) |
| ELMLEA | Commercial brand owned by Unilever, a blend of buttermilk and vegetable oil used as an alternative to cream |
| BCE | Calender dating system that is used as an alternative to the term BC (1,1,1) |
| DOLOMITE | White crystalline mineral consisting primarily of calcium magnesium carbonate, used as an alternative to limestone in the manufacture of cement (8) |
| SPINNER | A person who twists fibres into yarns; a Shakespearean word for a spider; a revolving device used as an alternative to a die in board games; or, a Jamaican dumpling (7) |
| NOSERAG | It's used as an alternative to picking rotten oranges (4,3) |
| INSTEAD | At home, dates are used as an alternative (7) |
| ANNAS | Old Indian 7 used as an alternative around the North (5) |
| REPLACED | Ruby consumes fish we hear that was used as an alternative (8) |
| PAROUSIA | Greek word for 'presence', used as an alternative term for the Second Coming in Christian theology (8) |
