Answer:

RATHER

Answer	Crossword Clue
RATHER	Word of preference
RATHER	Preferably
RATHER	Preference word

RATHER	Newsman Dan
RATHER	Somewhat
RATHER	He plans to resign 3-9-2005
RATHER	More readily
RATHER	To a certain extent
RATHER	Cronkite's successor
RATHER	Dan from Wharton, Texas
RATHER	Anchorman Dan

RATHER	Cronkite successor
RATHER	More then a little
RATHER	Alternative word
RATHER	CBS anchor Dan
RATHER	Newscaster Dan
RATHER	To some degree
RATHER	Brokaw colleague
RATHER	To the contrary

RATHER	Prefer to
RATHER	TV newsman Dan
RATHER	Sort of
RATHER	Quite
RATHER	On the contrary.
RATHER	Somewhat.
RATHER	To the contrary.
RATHER	British colloquial affirmative.

RATHER	On the other hand.
RATHER	Word of preference.
RATHER	Instead.
RATHER	Preferably.
RATHER	Conversely.
RATHER	Indeed.
RATHER	Instead
RATHER	"I'd ... be right . . . "

RATHER	Yes, indeed
RATHER	TV news name
RATHER	Dan ... likes TV news
RATHER	Somewhat, Dan
RATHER	TV newsman