Answer: DESERT

AnswerCrossword Clue
DESERTLeave high and dry
DESERTWord before Storm or Shield
DESERTKalahari, for one
DESERTStorm in Kuwait?
DESERTRommel's milieu
DESERTSandy tract
DESERTLeave without leave
DESERTThe Road Runner's home
DESERTGila monster's home
DESERTHot spot
DESERTMost of the United Arab Emirates
DESERTSandy land
DESERTKalahari or Gobi
DESERTLeave in a lurch
DESERTDune locale
DESERTWasteland
DESERTMuch of Nevada
DESERTMojave or Gobi
DESERTGobi or Mojave
DESERTStrand
desertto abandon (to leave or give up completely)
DESERTRun out on
DESERTLeave in the lurch
DESERTPainted, for one
DESERTDefect
DESERTDry zone
DESERTDry land
DESERT"New York is the great stone ...": Israel Zangwill
DESERTGobi, for one
DESERTForsake
DESERTJump ship
DESERTAbandon
DESERTGobi, e.g.
DESERTJoshua tree habitat
DESERTShirk one's duty, in a big way
DESERTCommon chuckwalla habitat
DESERTThe Kalahari, for one
DESERTSahara, for one
DESERTDeath Valley, for example
DESERTMeerkat's milieu