| Gobi or Sahara, e.g. |
|
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| Sahara, for example (6) |
Puzzler |
25 Apr 2024 |
| Leave for the Sahara, perhaps (6) |
|
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| The Negev or Sahara, e.g. (6) |
|
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| Environment of Arrakis, in "Dune" |
|
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| Waste what you've earned (6) |
|
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| Mojave or Sahara |
|
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| Painted, e.g. |
|
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| Oasis location |
|
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| The Eighth Army fighting Rommel in North Africa became known as the ... Rats |
|
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| Five hundred trees transplanted in wasteland (6) |
|
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| Mojave or Sonoran |
Universal |
20 Mar 2024 |
| It's too dry for the many trees transplanted to (6) |
|
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| Arid land |
|
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| Dry, sandy biome |
USA Today |
18 Mar 2024 |
| Ed takes a rest. Where, Sandy? |
|
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| Maranjab or Gobi |
USA Today |
17 Mar 2024 |
| Leave the Gulf, perhaps (6) |
|
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| Many trees come to grief - no water there (6) |
|
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| Coverings for feet aggravated tot's bedsore (6,5) |
|
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| Abandon the wilderness (6) |
|
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| Leave an area with insufficient water (6) |
|
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| Sahara, say |
|
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| 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) |
|
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| Abandon waste land (6) |
|
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| Karakum or Sahara |
USA Today |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Leave land untended |
|
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| Arid scene (6) |
|
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| Barren place |
|
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| 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 |
|
|
| Abandon in the Gobi, say |
Mirror Cryptic |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Wasteland |
Mirror Quick |
02 Jan 2024 |
| (OBC) "Into the - I was led,/Where I fasted without substance" (6) |
|
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| Great Victoria ... |
|
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| Leave high and dry |
Commuter |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Due to leave |
|
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| 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 |
| Turn one's back on Sahara? |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Mar 2021 |
| Abandon |
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 |
| Doctor rested in wasteland |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jan 2021 |
| Gobi, e.g |
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 |
The Washington Post |
22 Feb 2020 |
| About 25% of California |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
| Be a front runner? |
|
|
| Joshua tree habitat |
|
|
| Much of Chile |
|
|
| 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 |
The Washington Post |
09 Nov 2018 |
| Mirage site |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
The Washington Post |
19 Jan 2018 |
| Antarctica, for example |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jan 2018 |
| Rattlesnake's home |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Go AWOL permanently |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Leave somewhere dry |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jan 2018 |
| Go AWOL permanently |
|
|
| Gila monster's habitat |
|
|
| Leave in the lurch |
|
|
| Go overboard, perhaps |
|
|
| Antarctica, for one |
|
|
| Abandon |
|
|
| Antarctica, for example |
|
|
| Mirage site |
|
|
| ____ 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 |
| Mojave, e.g. |
|
|
| Australia's Gibson, e.g. |
|
|
| Go out of service? |
|
|
| Much of Nevada |
|
|
| Sahara, for instance |
|
|
| Sandy expanse |
|
|
| Barren area |
|
|
| Abandon |
|
|
| Abandon land too dry to raise crops |
|
|
| Abandon land too dry to raise crops |
|
|
| Abandon |
|
|
| Leave high and dry |
|
|
| Hot spot |
|
|
| Leave in the lurch |
|
|
| 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 one's company? |
|
|
| Wasteland |
|
|
| Most of Mauritania |
|
|
| Dry zone |
|
|
| Death Valley, for example |
|
|
| With 44-Down, setting for 20-, 35- and 54-Across |
|
|
| What Antarctica is, technically |
|
|
| Dennis DeYoung "___ Moon" |
|
|
| Death Valley, for example |
|
|
| Saguaro locale |
|
|
| Sahara, for one |
|
|
| Abandon |
|
|
| Sahara, for one |
|
|
| Sahara, for one |
|
|
| Jerboa's home |
|
|
| Low-rain region |
|
|
| Abandon unproductive area |
|
|
| Abandon |
|
|
| Parched place |
|
|
| Prickly pear's place |
|
|
| Nubian or Sonoran |
|
|
| Rainless expanse |
|
|
| Low-rain region |
|
|
| Abandon |
|
|
| Most of the United Arab Emirates |
|
|
| Most of 49-Down |
|
|
| The Kalahari, for one |
|
|
| Most of 49-Down |
|
|
| Leave without leave |
|
|
| Common chuckwalla habitat |
|
|
| Common chuckwalla habitat |
|
|
| The Kalahari, for one |
|
|
| Hot spot |
|
|
| Arid expanse |
|
|
| Shirk one's duty, in a big way |
|
|
| Gila monster's home |
|
|
| Shirk one's duty, in a big way |
|
|
| "The English Patient" setting |
|
|
| Joshua tree habitat |
|
|
| Leave |
|
|
| The Road Runner's home |
|
|
| Leave without leave |
|
|
| Abandon |
|
|
| Roughly a third of the earth's land surface |
|
|
| Dry land |
|
|
| Topographical adjective |
|
|
| Strand |
|
|
| 22 Across, for one |
|
|
| Forsake |
|
|
| Xerophyte's home |
|
|
| Gila monster's habitat |
|
|
| Jerboa's home |
|
|
| Rub' al Khali, for one |
|
|
| Most of Mauritania |
|
|
| Gobi or Mojave |
|
|
| Leave stranded |
|
|
| Atacama, e.g. |
|
|
| Leave |
|
|
| Dry land |
|
|
| Gobi, for one |
|
|
| Painted, for one |
|
|
| Jump ship |
|
|
| Joshua tree habitat |
|
|
| Jump ship |
|
|
| Rommel's milieu |
|
|
| Abandon |
|
|
| Leave alone |
|
|
| Go AWOL |
|
|
| Gobi, e.g. |
|
|
| Gobi or Sahara |
|
|
| Storm in Kuwait? |
|
|
| "New York is the great stone ___": Israel Zangwill |
|
|
| Leave in the lurch |
|
|
| Abandon |
|
|
| Throw over |
|
|
| Gobi, e.g. |
|
|
| Sandy tract |
|
|
| Sahara, for one |
|
|
| Syrian or Nubian |
|
|
| Leave in the lurch |
|
|
| Bail out on |
|
|
| "The English Patient" setting |
|
|
| Abandon |
|
|
| Much of Mongolia |
|
|
| Rommel's milieu |
|
|
| Run out on |
|
|
| Forsake |
|
|
| Forsake |
|
|
| Rommel's milieu |
|
|
| Run out on |
|
|
| Atacama, for one |
|
|
| Hot spot |
|
|
| Kalahari, for one |
|
|
| Gobi, e.g. |
|
|
| Dry region |
|
|
| Defect |
|
|
| Storm in Kuwait? |
|
|
| Kalahari, e.g. |
|
|
| Forsake |
|
|
| Sandy expanse |
|
|
| Gobi, for one |
|
|
| Leave high and dry |
|
|
| Gobi, for one |
|
|
| Gila monster's habitat |
|
|
| "The Sheik" setting |
|
|
| Leave flat |
|
|
| Abandon |
|
|
| Arid area |
|
|
| Gila monster's home |
|
|
| Sandy land |
|
|
| Abandon |
|
|
| Word before Storm or Shield |
|
|
| Gobi or Mohave |
|
|
| Wasteland |
|
|
| Leave in the lurch |
|
|
| Barren |
|
|
| Dune locale |
|
|
| Barren area |
|
|
| Very dry region, as the Sahara |
|
|
| ___ Shield |
|
|
| Gobi or Sahara |
|
|
| Gila monster s home |
|
|
| Gobi or Mojave |
|
|
| Leave one's post |
|
|
| Leave high and dry |
|
|
| Kalahari or Gobi |
|
|
| Gila monster's home |
|
|
| Hot spot |
|
|
| Sahara, e.g. |
|
|
| Forsake |
|
|
| Gobi or Mojave |
|
|
| Leave in the lurch |
|
|
| Leave in a lurch |
|
|
| Storm in Kuwait? |
|
|
| Mirage site |
|
|
| Rommel's milieu |
|
|
| Ditch |
|
|
| Rub' al Khali, e.g. |
|
|
| Strand |
|
|
| Camel country |
|
|
| Meerkat's milieu |
|
|
| Forsake |
|
|
| Saguaro locale |
|
|
| Go AWOL |
|
|
| Land of sand |
|
|
| Act the rat |
|
|
| Forsake |
|
|
| Nefud, e.g. |
|
|
| Oasis environment |
|
|
| Kalahari or Thar |
|
|
| Taklamakan, e.g. |
|
|
| Mojave or Gobi |
|
|
| Apostatize |
|
|
| Home of a sidewinder |
|
|
| Leave high and dry |
|
|
| Valentino's milieu |
|
|
| Ocotillo's milieu |
|
|
| Ariz.'s Painted ___ |
|
|
| Wasteland |
|
|
| Play turncoat |
|
|
| Just reward |
|
|
| Negev, e.g. |
|
|
| Gobi or Negev |
|
|
| Painted ___, Ariz. |
|
|
| Negev or Nefud |
|
|
| Become a permanent AWOL |
|
|
| "The ___ Song": Romberg |
|
|
| Gobi or Sahara |
|
|
| Gobi, e.g. |
|
|
| Romberg's "___ Song" |
|
|
| ___ rat (prospector) |
|
|
| Painted, for one |
|
|
| Gobi or Painted |
|
|
| Arizona's is painted |
|
|
| Run out on. |
|
|
| One kind of island. |
|
|
| The Negev, for one. |
|
|
| Forsake. |
|
|
| Abandon. |
|
|
| Black Rock, for one. |
|
|
| Mojave. |
|
|
| Large part of Iran. |
|
|
| The Negev. |
|
|
| Painted ___. |
|
|
| Periphery of Palm Springs. |
|
|
| Mohave. |
|
|
| See 30 Across. |
|
|
| Mojave, for one. |
|
|
| Mohave region. |
|
|
| Geographical feature. |
|
|
| Wilderness. |
|
|
| ___ fox. |
|
|
| Palm Springs environment. |
|
|
| Painted ___ in Arizona. |
|
|
| Palm Springs environs. |
|
|
| The Mojave, for example. |
|
|
| The Negeb or the Nafud. |
|
|
| Region left unoccupied. |
|
|
| Setting for 51 Down. |
|
|
| Recent Disney project. |
|
|
| Imperial Valley. |
|
|
| White Sands, for instance. |
|
|
| The Mojave. |
|
|
| One-fifth of the world's land. |
|
|
| Black Rock in Nevada. |
|
|
| Arizona scene. |
|
|
| The Mojave, for instance. |
|
|
| Israeli reclamation project. |
|
|
| Nearly half of earth's surface. |
|
|
| Mojave or Gobi. |
|
|
| Dry land. |
|
|
| The Negeb. |
|
|
| What Negeb is. |
|
|
| Run out on |
|
|
| Vast hot wasteland |
|
|
| Nevada, mainly |
|
|
| "The English Patient" setting |
|
|
| Food ___ (place where affordable food is hard to come by) |
|
|