Mideast desert
The crossword clue "Mideast desert" is answered by NEGEV, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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NEGEV
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Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NEGEV
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEGEV, most used first.
- Israeli desert - used 70 times, most recently in 2025
- Israeli desert region - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
- Desert of Israel - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Beersheba's desert - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Beersheba's locale - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Region of Israel - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Much of Israel - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Desert plants - CACTI, used 73 times
- Desert haven - OASIS, used 69 times
- Desert refuge - OASIS, used 62 times
- Mideast peninsula - SINAI, used 48 times
- Mideast capital - AMMAN, used 45 times
- Desert flora - CACTI, used 42 times
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