Bone-dry (4)
I believe the answer is:
arid
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">bone-dry</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for arid that I've seen before include "Dry raid" , "Wadi may be this" , "Dry, devoid of interest" , "(Of land) very dry" , "Dry and infertile" .)