Ship of the desert
The crossword clue "Ship of the desert" is answered by CAMEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 30 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CAMEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAMEL answer page.
Used 30 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DROMEDARY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CAMEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAMEL, most used first.
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