Word "DESERT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
Synonyms:
defect
Examples:
If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
Synonyms:
abandon, desolate, forsake
Examples:
The mother deserted her children

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
arid land with little or no vegetation

Crossword Clues for DESERT

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Habitat for a camel or a fennec fox
A dry area with lots of sand. (6)
Desolate sandy region (6)
Leave high and dry in arid place (6)
1000 Guineas Stakes winner ridden by William Buick (6,6)
Parched place New York Times 15 Jun 2025
Abandon deeds learnt every so often The Times Quick Cryptic 14 Jun 2025
(and 3 Down) Sheltered Sid somehow from operation in the Middle East (6,6)
Abandon The Sun Two Speed 03 Jun 2025
Turn one's back on Sahara? The Sun Two Speed 03 Jun 2025
Oasis site LA Times Daily 21 May 2025
Very dry region (6)
Gobi, for one Eugene Sheffer 10 May 2025
"Priscilla: Queen of the ___"
The planet Arrakis, for example
Much of Arizona
Sandy waste (6)
With many trees felled, it's wasteland (6)
Go AWOL in the Sahara perhaps The Times Quick Cryptic 14 Apr 2025
Abandon Simpson, say (6)
Leave a dry place (6)
Leave behind waste (6)
Leave desolate The Times Cryptic 29 Mar 2025
Sandy wilderness (6) Puzzler 27 Mar 2025
Antarctica, e.g. The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 21 Mar 2025
Simpson or Sahara, eg
Rested uneasily in wilderness (6)
Desolate area covered with sand Mirror Classic 20 Mar 2025
Leave the sweet, say (6)
Biome in "Super Mario Galaxy"'s Dusty Dune Galaxy
To leave without permission (6)
The Sahara, e.g.
Merit found in infertile area
Oasis locale New York Times 24 Feb 2025
Kalahari or Gobi Wall Street Journal 24 Feb 2025
Dry spot?
Kalahari is this type of landscape in Africa (6)
Bedouin milieu
Gone astray, lies stranded here
Run away from one's due (6)
Not a fertile place to leave (6)
You can find trees at Land's End rather than here (6)
Abandon a wilderness (6)
Run away from pudding, say
Around 18% of Australia's land mass comes under this classification (6)
Our star' movie: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the -
To quit is a considerable waste (6)
A dry empty land where almost no plants grow (6)
"___ Places," Robert Frost poem about feeling lonely in a quiet winter landscape
Run out on the sand
Abandon course, having lost heart
Not much grows here (6)
Maroon Thomas Joseph 30 Nov 2024
Ed and the rest shift sand
Barren land (6) Puzzler 23 Nov 2024
Refuse to stay where the ground is infertile (6)
NZ horse with 19 successive wins in 1914-16, ... Gold (6)
Abandon Antarctica? The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Nov 2024
Dump - it has no water (6)
Sahara or Gobi, eg Mirror Tea Time 10 Nov 2024
Leave a great deal of waste (6)
Abandon sweet dish, say (6)
Abandon The Waste Land
Set out and went red in that barren spot
Climate for Utah's "Mighty Five" national parks LA Times Daily 30 Oct 2024
Leave the fruit course, we hear (6)
Dry land where few plants can grow (6)
Leave high and dry wasteland (6)
Dry area
Dry wasteland (6)
Leave an uncultivated area (6)
Walk out on barren land
Abandon hot region (6)
Leave drought - stricken area (6)
Dry region(6)
Pastry without sugar at the top - leave it (6)
Abandon dry land
Parched region deters moving (6) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 15 Sep 2024
Parched region deters moving (6) The Guardian Quick 15 Sep 2024
Parched region deters moving (6) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 14 Sep 2024
Parched region deters moving (6) The Guardian Quick 14 Sep 2024
Barren land that's rested, perhaps (6)
Abandon arid region (6)
Abandon in the Sahara, for example? (6)
Abandon The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 01 Sep 2024
Dry wilderness
Barren zone (6)
Area with little moisture and 500 gnarled trees The Times Quick Cryptic 23 Aug 2024
Sandy place where cacti thrive but most plants don't
Rested poorly in Sahara Mirror Cryptic 30 Jul 2024
Wasteland Mirror Quick 30 Jul 2024
Leave the Sahara? The Times Quick Cryptic 23 Jul 2024
Dry biome Commuter 18 Jul 2024
Abandon - it's a waste (6)
Leave the fruit, by the sound of it (6)
Abandon ___ it's a waste (6)
Sahara or Kalahari terrain, where you may spot 15a, 31a, 39a, 8d, and 40d
Dry, arid area of land; abandon or leave (6)
Strand, maroon The Times Concise 25 Jun 2024
Hot, dry habitat that is home to cacti and other succulents (6)
Leave many trees in need of pruning (6)
A dry land with few plants
Maroon Thomas Joseph 15 Jun 2024
Make an unauthorised departure in a private capacity! (6)
Leave sweltering region? The Times Quick Cryptic 10 Jun 2024
Turn your back on USA Today 10 Jun 2024
Mojave ____
Topography tor 21-Across
Topography for 21-Across Newsday 01 Jun 2024
The planet Arrakis, basically
Leave the army where there is little water (6)
Waste leave and you'll get what's due The Times Mephisto 26 May 2024
Large arid area (6)
The Atacama is one in South America (6)
Abandon key trees, felled Mirror Cryptic 09 May 2024
Wasteland Mirror Quick 09 May 2024
Negev (6)
Leave pudding, giving up seconds (6)
Dry biome Commuter 01 May 2024
Gobi or Sahara, e.g.
Sahara, for example (6) Puzzler 25 Apr 2024
Leave for the Sahara, perhaps (6)
The Negev or Sahara, e.g. (6)
Environment of Arrakis, in "Dune"
Waste what you've earned (6)
Mojave or Sahara
Painted, e.g.
Oasis location
The Eighth Army fighting Rommel in North Africa became known as the ... Rats
Five hundred trees transplanted in wasteland (6)
Mojave or Sonoran Universal 20 Mar 2024
It's too dry for the many trees transplanted to (6)
Arid land
Ed takes a rest. Where, Sandy?
Dry, sandy biome USA Today 18 Mar 2024
Maranjab or Gobi USA Today 17 Mar 2024
Leave the Gulf, perhaps (6)
Coverings for feet aggravated tot's bedsore (6,5)
Many trees come to grief - no water there (6)
Abandon the wilderness (6)
Leave an area with insufficient water (6)
Sahara, say
Abandon unproductive area The Times Quick Cryptic 28 Feb 2024
Run away from a lot of sand (6) Puzzler Cryptic 24 Feb 2024
Infertile region (6)
Abandon waste land (6)
Karakum or Sahara USA Today 11 Feb 2024
Leave land untended
Arid scene (6)
Barren place
Run away from a lot of sand (6) Puzzler Cryptic 28 Jan 2024
Maroon Thomas Joseph 27 Jan 2024
Dry expanse Thomas Joseph 20 Jan 2024
Sahara or Simpson
Wasteland Mirror Quick 02 Jan 2024
Abandon in the Gobi, say Mirror Cryptic 02 Jan 2024
(OBC) "Into the - I was led,/Where I fasted without substance" (6)
Great Victoria ...
Leave high and dry Commuter 21 Dec 2023
Due to leave
Painted or Mojave Universal 14 Dec 2023
Forsake sweet course, reportedly (6) Puzzler Cryptic 11 Dec 2023
A large area of dry land (6)
Abandon The Telegraph Quick 28 Nov 2023
Much of Saudi Arabia
Gobi or Atacama USA Today 17 Nov 2023
Home to cacti and camels
Hot dry region The Telegraph Quick 15 Oct 2023
Atacama, for example The Guardian Quick 27 Sep 2023
Gobi or Atacama, for example USA Today 02 Sep 2023
Arid wilderness The Times Concise 02 Sep 2023
Climate for much of Nevada LA Times Daily 23 Aug 2023
Kalahari or Sahara, e.g.
Leave course having lost heart The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Jul 2023
Mojave, for one LA Times Daily 02 Jul 2023
Roughly one-third of the earth's surface New York Times 23 Jun 2023
Abandon The Times Concise 15 Jun 2023
Gobi or Sahara, e.g.
Fool, say, losing heart where water is scarce The Guardian Cryptic 30 May 2023
Arid expanse Premier Sunday 21 May 2023
Antarctica, for one LA Times Daily 19 May 2023
Sahara, for one Eugene Sheffer 03 May 2023
Atacama or Gobi, e.g.
Wasteland New York Times 30 Mar 2023
Wasteland The Telegraph Quick 24 Mar 2023
Mojave or Sahara, e.g.
The Sahara or the Mojave, for one
Mojave or Kalahari USA Today 15 Feb 2023
The Antarctic, e.g. Newsday 18 Dec 2022
Gobi or Sahara, e.g.
Parched place Wall Street Journal 08 Nov 2022
The Sahara, for example Newsday 07 Nov 2022
Gobi or Taklamakan USA Today 30 Oct 2022
Be a front runner? Wall Street Journal 06 Oct 2022
Where Radio 4 guests might listen to their favourite discs? The Guardian Weekend 24 Sep 2022
Bedouin's home New York Times 07 Sep 2022
Gobi or Sahara Universal 17 Aug 2022
The Kalahari, for example USA Today 14 Aug 2022
Arid area Wall Street Journal 04 Jun 2022
Low-rain region Newsday 18 May 2022
Arid region Irish Times Simplex 15 Apr 2022
Abscond — wasteland The Guardian Quick 17 Mar 2022
Arid expanse Thomas Joseph 01 Mar 2022
Abandon in a godforsaken place
Abandon Universal 09 Feb 2022
Gobi or Atacama, e.g.
Turns one's back on piano out of desperation Irish Times Crosaire 03 Feb 2022
Abandon; arid area The Times Concise 24 Dec 2021
Arid area of sand Irish Times Simplex 06 Nov 2021
Dead trees pulped, creating a barren wilderness
Barren area The Guardian Quick 26 Oct 2021
Region like the Sahara Newsday 12 Oct 2021
Dry expanse Thomas Joseph 02 Oct 2021
Kalahari or Gobi, e.g.
Leave alone Wall Street Journal 05 May 2021
Turns one's back on piano out of desperation Irish Times Crosaire 07 Apr 2021
Rested awkwardly in ditch Irish Times Crosaire 23 Mar 2021
Abandon The Sun Two Speed 16 Mar 2021
Turn one's back on Sahara? The Sun Two Speed 16 Mar 2021
Hot spot New York Times 03 Mar 2021
Leave in the lurch Wall Street Journal 06 Feb 2021
Abandon course after losing heart The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Feb 2021
Gobi, e.g The Sun Two Speed 20 Jan 2021
Doctor rested in wasteland The Sun Two Speed 20 Jan 2021
Leave stranded Newsday 06 Jan 2021
Arid region Irish Times Simplex 02 Dec 2020
The Sahara, for one Newsday 10 Nov 2020
Something sandy or maroon?
What's just sweet to the ear?
Leave dry The Telegraph Toughie 18 Aug 2020
Arid area of sand Irish Times Simplex 17 Aug 2020
Abandon The Telegraph Quick 07 Aug 2020
Gobi or Mojave New York Times 06 Jul 2020
Leave as, say, saxophone backing comes round second time The Telegraph Toughie 26 Jun 2020
Wilderness of chopped up dead trees
Ditch New York Times 29 May 2020
Walk away from barren place The Telegraph Cryptic 17 May 2020
Oasis' environment Newsday 15 Mar 2020
Mojave, for one Universal 05 Mar 2020
About 25% of California LA Times Daily 22 Feb 2020
About 25% of California The Washington Post 22 Feb 2020
It's ultimately arid, with withered trees
Run away from heartless fool perhaps The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Dec 2019
Be a front runner? Wall Street Journal 26 Oct 2019
Dry zone Jonesin 10 Sep 2019
The Sahara or the Mojave, for one
Dry stretch Premier Sunday 18 Aug 2019
Leave pudding after losing heart The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Jul 2019
Negev, e.g Jonesin 07 May 2019
Joshua tree habitat The Washington Post 02 May 2019
Joshua tree habitat LA Times Daily 02 May 2019
Walk out on expanse of land without water
Abandon waste
Much of Chile New York Times 09 Feb 2019
Leave in the lurch USA Today 02 Jan 2019
Much of Chile
Joshua tree habitat
Be a front runner?
Leave in the lurch
Abandon The Washington Post 30 Dec 2018
Abandon LA Times Daily 30 Dec 2018
Turn one's back on wasteland? The Sun Two Speed 12 Dec 2018
Mirage site LA Times Daily 09 Nov 2018
Mirage site The Washington Post 09 Nov 2018
Leave area without vegetation
Leave area without vegetation
Go overboard, perhaps Wall Street Journal 05 Sep 2018
Abandon hot place noted for its rats The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Aug 2018
Sandy wilderness The Telegraph Quick 18 Aug 2018
Sahara, e.g. The Telegraph Quick 20 Jun 2018
Sahara, for one Newsday 22 May 2018
Leave in the lurch Universal 08 May 2018
Antarctica, for one New York Times 27 Apr 2018
Leave last of apples out of pudding
Gila monster's habitat USA Today 19 Apr 2018
Kalahari, e.g. The Telegraph Quick 07 Apr 2018
Waterless area The Times Concise 21 Mar 2018
Escorted engineer out into barren land 
Arid area of land Irish Times Simplex 06 Feb 2018
Leave afters with only one portion of seconds The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Feb 2018
Antarctica, for example LA Times Daily 19 Jan 2018
Antarctica, for example The Washington Post 19 Jan 2018
Go AWOL permanently USA Today 07 Jan 2018
Rattlesnake's home The Washington Post Sunday 07 Jan 2018
Leave somewhere dry The Sun Two Speed 05 Jan 2018
Gila monster's habitat
Antarctica, for example
Abandon
Go AWOL permanently
Go overboard, perhaps
Leave in the lurch
Mirage site
Antarctica, for one
____ lynx is another name for a caracal The Times Specialist Sunday 17 Dec 2017
Arid region The Times Concise 08 Nov 2017
Leave pudding son heartily rejected
Oasis setting Thomas Joseph 24 Aug 2017
Walk out on the sands
Oasis locale USA Today 14 Jul 2017
Leave behind a land with limited opportunity for growth
Leave The Telegraph Quick 21 Mar 2017
Abandon desolate area
Sahara, Gobi, etc The Telegraph Quick 22 Jan 2017
Gobi or Mojave Eugene Sheffer 19 Jan 2017
Oasis locale
Defect, forsake Irish Times Simplex 30 Nov 2016
Dry expanse Thomas Joseph 10 Nov 2016
Gobi, for one Eugene Sheffer 10 Sep 2016
Where you'll find dead shrivelled trees
Leave course, having lost heart
Run away from infertile area
One of those similar to 5 down on the telephone in wilderness Irish Times Crosaire 11 Mar 2016
Leave desolate place The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Feb 2016
Leave without leave USA Today 12 Feb 2016
Mojave or Gobi LA Times Daily 04 Jan 2016
Leave without leave
Mojave or Gobi
Sandy expanse USA Today 30 Dec 2015
Mojave, e.g Premier Sunday 20 Dec 2015
Leave in the lurch Irish Times Simplex 17 Nov 2015
Leave without leave The Washington Post 16 Nov 2015
Abandon in wilderness The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Nov 2015
Much of Nevada LA Times Daily 30 Oct 2015
Barren area USA Today 26 Oct 2015
Sahara, for instance Newsday 20 Oct 2015
Australia's Gibson, e.g Wall Street Journal 08 Oct 2015
Abandon land too dry to raise crops The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Sep 2015
Abandon USA Today 25 Aug 2015
Walk out on wasteland
Rat, of course, gutted
Leave course when disheartened
Sweet son abandoning wilderness The Times Cryptic 05 Feb 2015
Sandy expanse
Sahara, for instance
Australia's Gibson, e.g.
Go out of service?
Abandon
Barren area
Mojave, e.g.
Much of Nevada
Abandon land too dry to raise crops
Abandon  land too dry to raise crops
Abandon
Hot spot
Leave in the lurch
Leave one's company?
Much of Arabia
"Somewhere on a ___ highway, she rides a Harley Davidson"
Barren area
Leave one's post
Leave high and dry
Inhospitable place
Leave high and dry
Dry zone
Wasteland
Most of Mauritania
Saguaro locale
Dennis DeYoung "___ Moon"
Death Valley, for example
With 44-Down, setting for 20-, 35- and 54-Across
Death Valley, for example
What Antarctica is, technically
Sahara, for one
Low-rain region
Abandon
Jerboa's home
Sahara, for one
Sahara, for one
Abandon unproductive area
Nubian or Sonoran
Low-rain region
Prickly pear's place
Abandon
Parched place
Rainless expanse
Most of the United Arab Emirates
Hot spot
The Kalahari, for one
Common chuckwalla habitat
The Kalahari, for one
Leave without leave
Most of 49-Down
Common chuckwalla habitat
Abandon
Most of 49-Down
Arid expanse
Joshua tree habitat
"The English Patient" setting
Shirk one's duty, in a big way
Shirk one's duty, in a big way
Gila monster's home
Dry land
Topographical adjective
The Road Runner's home
22 Across, for one
Leave without leave
Leave
Roughly a third of the earth's land surface
Strand
Abandon
Xerophyte's home
Leave stranded
Most of Mauritania
Gobi or Mojave
Forsake
Rub' al Khali, for one
Jerboa's home
Gila monster's habitat
Dry land
Gobi, for one
Atacama, e.g.
Rommel's milieu
Abandon
Leave
Jump ship
Joshua tree habitat
Jump ship
Painted, for one
Much of Mongolia
Sandy tract
Leave in the lurch
Syrian or Nubian
"New York is the great stone ___": Israel Zangwill
Abandon
Storm in Kuwait?
Gobi or Sahara
Leave in the lurch
Abandon
Gobi, e.g.
Gobi, e.g.
Go AWOL
Throw over
"The English Patient" setting
Leave alone
Bail out on
Sahara, for one
Rommel's milieu
Run out on
Forsake
Rommel's milieu
Run out on
Forsake
Atacama, for one
Hot spot
Forsake
Defect
Kalahari, for one
Storm in Kuwait?
Dry region
Gobi, e.g.
Kalahari, e.g.
Gobi, for one
Sandy expanse
Gila monster's habitat
Gobi, for one
"The Sheik" setting
Leave high and dry
Wasteland
Leave flat
Abandon
Gila monster's home
Word before Storm or Shield
Sandy land
Abandon
Gobi or Mohave
Arid area
Barren area
Leave one's post
Gila monster s home
___ Shield
Leave high and dry
Leave in the lurch
Gobi or Sahara
Very dry region, as the Sahara
Gobi or Mojave
Barren
Dune locale
Gobi or Mojave
Forsake
Hot spot
Sahara, e.g.
Gila monster's home
Leave in a lurch
Leave in the lurch
Kalahari or Gobi
Storm in Kuwait?
Mirage site
Rommel's milieu
Camel country
Strand
Meerkat's milieu
Rub' al Khali, e.g.
Ditch
Forsake
Saguaro locale
Nefud, e.g.
Act the rat
Land of sand
Forsake
Go AWOL
Kalahari or Thar
Oasis environment
Mojave or Gobi
Apostatize
Taklamakan, e.g.
Home of a sidewinder
Leave high and dry
Ocotillo's milieu
Valentino's milieu
Ariz.'s Painted ___
Wasteland
Play turncoat
Negev, e.g.
Just reward
Negev or Nefud
Gobi or Negev
Painted ___, Ariz.
"The ___ Song": Romberg
Gobi or Sahara
Gobi, e.g.
Romberg's "___ Song"
Become a permanent AWOL
___ rat (prospector)
Arizona's is painted
Gobi or Painted
Painted, for one
Run out on.
The Negev, for one.
One kind of island.
The Negeb.
Mojave or Gobi.
Forsake.
Black Rock, for one.
Abandon.
Dry land.
Mojave.
What Negeb is.
Large part of Iran.
The Negev.
Painted ___.
Mohave.
Black Rock in Nevada.
Mohave region.
Painted ___ in Arizona.
Mojave, for one.
Region left unoccupied.
Wilderness.
One-fifth of the world's land.
Imperial Valley.
The Mojave.
White Sands, for instance.
Setting for 51 Down.
___ fox.
Arizona scene.
The Mojave, for instance.
See 30 Across.
Palm Springs environment.
Recent Disney project.
Nevada, mainly
Israeli reclamation project.
Geographical feature.
The Mojave, for example.
The Negeb or the Nafud.
Periphery of Palm Springs.
Palm Springs environs.
Vast hot wasteland
Run out on
Food ___ (place where affordable food is hard to come by)
"The English Patient" setting
Nearly half of earth's surface.
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