Wasteland
The crossword clue "Wasteland" is answered by SAHARA, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1999; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SAHARA
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAHARA answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1999; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SAHARA
Every other clue in this collection answered by SAHARA, most used first.
- African desert - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- African expanse - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- African hot spot - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Much of North Africa - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- North African desert - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- North African expanse - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Much of Libya - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- World's largest desert - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Most of Libya - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- About 30% of Africa - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Largest desert - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- Largest hot desert - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Arid expanse - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Much of Mali - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- 1943 Bogart film - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- African sands - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Like a wasteland - BARREN, used 6 times
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