Desert (9)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">desert</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that strand is a more specific form of desert)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for strand that I've seen before include "Ply" , "Beach or shore" , "Old magazine" , "Beach - fibre" , "Drive aground on shore" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">desert</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that Sahara is a desert)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for sahara that I've seen before include "Uncultivated region of north Africa" , "Great desert in N Africa" , "Great African desert" , "About 3,500,000 square miles of Africa" , "World's largest sandy area" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">desert</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for abandon that I've seen before include "Leave in the lurch" , "Desert - it's wild" , "Desert, strand" , "Desert, forsake" , "Evacuate; desert" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">desert</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for merit that I've seen before include "Deserve or warrant" , "Deserve; excellence" , "Deserve, be worthy of" , "Advantage" , "Just deserts" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">desert</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(desert can mean to leave or abandon)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for leave that I've seen before include "Clearance" , "taken by those on the way out" , "Go away on holiday" , "Depart, go" , "Time off, depart" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">desert</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 sands that I've seen before include "You may see them by sea" , "Rubs smooth" , "The Riddle of the . . . . . (novel by Erskine Childers)" , "The Goodwin - -" , "Smooths" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">desert</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for wasteland that I've seen before include "Lewd Santa included in 'The . . . . . . . . .', poem by T S Eliot" , "(T. S. Eliot's) desert" , "area devoid of vegetation" , "Useless tract" , "desolation" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">desert</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for isle that I've seen before include "Lies about small land mass." , "Skye, for example" , "Sheppey, perhaps" , "Spot (in ocean)" , "Land cut off by water" .)