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52 total results for DESERTS( score: 50 )
15 results for DESERTS from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Jan 14, 2020 | 13D | "Just" punishment | Jim Peredo | Shortz |
Wed Nov 30, 2016 | 13D | Leaves high and dry | Molly Young | Shortz |
Wed Jun 8, 2016 | 13D | Jumps ship | Sean Dobbin | Shortz |
Sat Aug 17, 2013 | 38D | They're thirsty much of the time | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Sat Sep 6, 2008 | 61A | Comeuppance | Barry C. Silk | Shortz |
Sun May 18, 2008 | 35D | Jilts (2) | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun Oct 15, 2006 | 133A | Jilts (2) | Norma Johnson & Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Fri Jul 21, 2006 | 40A | Leaves alone | Kyle Mahowald | Shortz |
Sat Jul 17, 2004 | 14D | Takes off wrongly | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Sun Jun 27, 2004 | 120A | Abandons | Peter Abide and Steven Kahn | Shortz |
Sun Feb 25, 2001 | 74D | Strands (2) | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Thu Feb 25, 1999 | 12D | Strands (2) | Jim Page | Shortz |
Sun Nov 23, 1997 | 31A | They may be just | Christopher Hurt and Derek Tague | Shortz |
Wed Nov 12, 1997 | 45D | Gobi and Kalahari | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Sun Dec 5, 1993 | 86D | Hot spots | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
5 results for DESERTS from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Dec 31, 2017 | Panda | 1A | Abandons wastelands | Mel Taub | Shortz |
Sep 12, 2010 | Acrostic | L | Karmic payback | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Nov 16, 2008 | Panda | 1A | Leaves 500 steers in the lurch | Mel Taub | Shortz |
Apr 8, 2007 | Cryptic | 14A | Wastes what you've got coming (7) | Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon | Shortz |
Apr 2, 2000 | Panda | 63A | Where 500 steers get thirsty | Mel Taub | Shortz |
32 results for DESERTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Tue Nov 9, 1993 | 28A | Abandons | Charles Woodard | Taub |
Sat May 16, 1992 | 48A | Some are just | Bernard Meren | Maleska |
Fri Mar 23, 1990 | 41A | Mojave and Gobi | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
Thu Sep 7, 1989 | 44D | Abandons | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Mon Apr 11, 1988 | 28A | Abandons | Elaine George | Maleska |
Tue Jan 27, 1987 | 38A | Gobi and Mojave | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Wed Aug 6, 1986 | 20A | Gobi and Mojave | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Mon Oct 13, 1980 | 46A | Get one's just ___ | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sun Dec 4, 1977 | 82A | Negev and Nefud | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Fri Jul 29, 1977 | 35A | Gobi and Nefud | Dorothea E. Shipp | Maleska |
Sat Nov 3, 1973 | 40D | Negev and Gobi | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Aug 6, 1972 | 51A | Due | Jay Spry | Weng |
Tue Jun 30, 1970 | 64A | Rewards | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jul 21, 1968 | 73A | Just ___ | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Sun Apr 2, 1967 | 87D | Quits. | A. J. Santora | Farrar |
Mon Oct 19, 1964 | 34D | Geographical areas. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri May 20, 1960 | 63A | Earth areas. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jan 8, 1960 | 9D | Due reward or punishment. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 25, 1958 | 109A | Areas in Saudi Arabia. | Hume R. Craft | Farrar |
Sat Jan 18, 1958 | 36A | Outdoor locales for Westerns. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Jun 28, 1956 | 56A | Death Valley and others. | Mel Taub | Farrar |
Sun Apr 15, 1956 | 142A | Negev and Nefud. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Tue Feb 7, 1956 | 25D | Goes AWOL. | Victor Goldfarb | Farrar |
Tue Apr 19, 1955 | 12D | Leaves in the lurch. | Marian Moeser | Farrar |
Sun Feb 20, 1955 | 66D | Black Rock and Mojave. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Tue Apr 27, 1954 | 21A | Mojave, Imperial Valley, etc. | William F. Bulow | Farrar |
Mon Oct 5, 1953 | 69A | Mojave and Black Rock. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Nov 25, 1952 | 18D | Black Rock, Mojave, etc. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun May 25, 1952 | 139A | Nefud and Negeb. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Wed Aug 22, 1951 | 45A | Sahara, Gobi, Death Valley. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jun 25, 1950 | 115D | Phenomena of Australia. | Leonard Goldberg | Farrar |
Sun May 21, 1944 | 110D | Libyan battlegrounds. | Elizabeth Patterson | Farrar |