Clues for the word "DESERT"
We've had 156 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 305 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on January 21, 2026.
Definition of desert
- n. - That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.
- n. - A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation.
- n. - A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place.
- a. - Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
- v. t. - To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country.
- v. t. - To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors.
- v. i. - To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond.
Referring Clues
- Camel country
- Ditch
- Rub' al Khali, e.g.
- Sahara, e.g.
- Gila monster's home
- Barren
- "The English Patient" setting
- Leave
- Leave alone
- Dry land
- Xerophyte's home
- Gobi or Mojave
- Most of Mauritania
- Roughly a third of the earth's land surface
- Gulf war's Operation ___ Storm
- Sandy land
- Abandon
- Word before Storm or Shield
- Storm in Kuwait?
- Kalahari, for one
- Rommel's milieu
- Sandy tract
- Leave in the lurch
- Forsake
- Joshua tree habitat
- Leave without leave
- The Road Runner's home
- Most of the United Arab Emirates
- Shirk one's duty, in a big way
- Jump ship
- Strand
- Leave stranded
- Sahara, for one
- 22 Across, for one
- Topographical adjective
- Arid expanse
- Much of Mongolia
- Gobi or Sahara
- Rub' al Khali, for one
- Go AWOL
- Most of 49-Down
- Hot spot
- Common chuckwalla habitat
- The Kalahari, for one
- Low-rain region
- Rainless expanse
- Prickly pear's place
- Tucson's environs
- Painted, for one
- Parched place
- Nubian or Sonoran
- Maroon
- Oasis setting
- Caravan setting
- Jerboa's home
- Barren region
- Saguaro locale
- Death Valley, for example
- Leave in the llurch
- Wasteland
- With 44-Down, setting for 20-, 35- and 54-Across
- Cactus habitat
- Dry expanse
- Kalahri or Negev
- Leave high and dry
- Leave one's post
- Syrian or nubian
- Much of Arabia
- Barren area
- Leave one's company?
- Gobi, for one
- Sahara, for instance
- Much of Nevada
- Mojave, e.g.
- Profiterole or cream puff
- Sandy expanse
- Mojave or Gobi
- Mirage sight
- Sandy place
- Run away
- Oasis locale
- Bedouin milieu
- Antarctica, for example
- Sahara or Gobi
- Very dry area
- Vast, dry area
- Very dry region, as the Sahara
- Abandon The Waste Land
- "Somewhere on a ___ highway, she rides a Harley Davidson"
- Dennis DeYoung "___ Moon"
- Arid region
- Dump waste
- 1 5's home's worth is a pound plus
- Sahara, say
- Leave course when disheartened
- Rat, of course, gutted
- Abandon - barren region
- Abandon - wilderness
- Tuareg's forbidding home leave
- Abandon wasteland
- Trees don't start to flourish here
- Go AWOL permanently
- Rattlesnake's home
- War zone of January 1991
- Wilderness of dead, derelict trees
- Leave behind a land with limited opportunity for growth
- See 9 Across
- Leave pudding without having seconds
- Run away from infertile area
- Monty's creatures get their dues without art forgery
- Leave course, disheartened
- Walk out on wasteland
- (and 26) Alien desired to keep light to race horse
- Rat in the sand
- 26 - it'd caught 26 15
- Gobi, e.g.
- Gila monster's habitat
- Leave last of apples out of pudding
- Antarctica, for one
- Walk out on barren land
- Waste what you've earned
- Desolate area covered with sand
- Go overboard, perhaps
- Mirage site
- Run away from pudding, say
- Much of Chile
- Merit found in infertile area
- Mojave or Sahara
- Be a front runner?
- You can find trees at Land's End rather than here
- About 25% of California
- Mojave, for one
- Wilderness
- Oasis' environment
- Might be a fool, you say, to leave
- The Sahara, for one
- Leave many trees devastated!
- Arid area
- Dry wilderness
- The Kalahari, for example
- Bedouin's home
- Gobi or Taklamakan
- Mojave or Kalahari
- Roughly one-third of the earth's surface
- Climate for much of Nevada
- Gobi or Atacama, for example
- Gobi or Atacama
- Leave behind
- Karakum or Sahara
- Maranjab or Gobi
- Dry, sandy biome
- Arid land
- Turn your back on
- Climate for Utah's "Mighty Five" national parks
- Oasis site
- The Sahara ___
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - January 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - November 07, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 05, 2025
- New York Times - September 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 23, 2025
- Daily American - July 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 17, 2025
- New York Times - June 15, 2025
- LA Times - May 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 06, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 25, 2025
- New York Times - February 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 20, 2025
- Daily American - February 17, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 26, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 30, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 05, 2024
- LA Times - October 30, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 24, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 10, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 07, 2024
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