Possible Clues:

• Single new position as alternative
• I'd sent a replacement as a substitute
• Set to work and I constructed a cover as replacement
• In firm, taking a cut as an alternative arrangement
• Sainted? Corrupt, as alternative
• Badly stained - use this as a replacement
• It ends a new composition as an alternative
• As an alternative, that's the end of 21 down in tins
• Net said to be fishy, however
• A change in dates offered as an alternative