Leave high and dry
The crossword clue "Leave high and dry" is answered by DESERT, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
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DESERT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DESERT answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DESERT
Every other clue in this collection answered by DESERT, most used first.
- Abandon - used 47 times, most recently in 2023
- Leave in the lurch - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Forsake - used 14 times, most recently in 2007
- Gobi or Mojave - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Maroon - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Dry expanse - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Gobi or Sahara - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Sahara, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Hot spot - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Oasis setting - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Arid expanse - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Sahara or Gobi - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Few and far between - SPARSE, used 112 times
- High regard - ESTEEM, used 101 times
- Have high hopes - ASPIRE, used 79 times
- Up and about - ARISEN, used 53 times
- Leave high and dry - STRAND, used 52 times
- Spain and Portugal - IBERIA, used 51 times
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