The best replacement for common lisp is scheme.

The best alternatives to common lisp are rated as following:
★★★★★  scheme
★★★★  clojure
★★★  racket
★★★  haskell
★★  emacs lisp
★  lisp
★  elisp
★  scheme macros

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Speaking about common lisp, one probably shouldn't forget about output to string.

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★★★★★ output to string
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