Need an alternative for nine gods (6)
I believe the answer is:
ennead
'nine gods' is the definition.
(set of nine Egyptian gods)
'need an alternative' is the wordplay.
'alternative' is an anagram indicator.
'need'+'an'='needan'
'needan' anagrammed gives 'ENNEAD'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ennead that I've seen before include "The Muses, say" , "Group of nine things" , "A group or set of nine" , "Need an alteration for a set ofnine" , "Baseball team, perhaps" .)