Desert (6)
(Other definitions for strand that I've seen before include "Ply" , "Beach or shore" , "Old magazine" , "Beach - fibre" , "Drive aground on shore" .)
'desert' is the definition.
(I know that Sahara is a desert)
This is the entire clue.
(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" .)
'desert' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for abandon that I've seen before include "Leave in the lurch" , "Desert - it's wild" , "Desert, strand" , "Desert, forsake" , "Evacuate; desert" .)
'desert' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for merit that I've seen before include "Deserve or warrant" , "Deserve; excellence" , "Deserve, be worthy of" , "Advantage" , "Just deserts" .)
'desert' is the definition.
(desert can mean to leave or abandon)
This is the entire clue.
(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" .)
'desert' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(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" .)
'desert' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(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" .)
'desert' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.