Answer: DESERT
DESERT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 105 times.
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
 - Gila monster's habitat
 - Antarctica, for one
 - Gobi, e.g.
 - Home of a sidewinder
 - Painted, e.g.
 - Mirage site
 - Much of Chile
 - About 25% of California
 - Mojave, for one
 - Oasis' environment
 - The Sahara, for one
 - Abscond
 - Bedouin's home
 - Mojave or Kalahari
 - Roughly one-third of the earth's surface
 - Climate for much of Nevada
 - Gobi or Atacama
 - Dry, sandy biome
 - Turn your back on
 - Climate for Utah's "Mighty Five" national parks
 - Oasis site
 - Atacama, for example
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - September 10, 2025
 - New York Times - September 08, 2025
 - New York Times - June 15, 2025
 - LA Times - May 21, 2025
 - New York Times - February 24, 2025
 - LA Times - October 30, 2024
 - USA Today - June 10, 2024
 - USA Today - March 18, 2024
 - USA Today - November 17, 2023
 - LA Times - August 23, 2023
 - LA Times - July 02, 2023
 - New York Times - June 23, 2023
 - LA Times - May 19, 2023
 - New York Times - March 30, 2023
 - USA Today - February 15, 2023
 - New York Times - September 07, 2022
 - New York Times - March 03, 2021
 - Netword - November 10, 2020
 - Netword - July 06, 2020
 - New York Times - July 06, 2020
 
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