Answer:

desert

Answer	Crossword Clue
DESERT	Abandon
DESERT	Leave in the lurch
DESERT	Painted, for one

DESERT	Defect
DESERT	Dry zone
DESERT	Dry land
DESERT	"New York is the great stone ...": Israel Zangwill
DESERT	Gobi, for one
DESERT	Forsake
DESERT	Jump ship
DESERT	Run out on

DESERT	Gobi, e.g.
DESERT	Joshua tree habitat
DESERT	Shirk one's duty, in a big way
DESERT	Common chuckwalla habitat
DESERT	The Kalahari, for one
DESERT	Sahara, for one
DESERT	Death Valley, for example
DESERT	Meerkat's milieu

DESERT	Mirage site
DESERT	Sandy land
DESERT	Word before Storm or Shield
DESERT	Kalahari, for one
DESERT	Storm in Kuwait?
DESERT	Rommel's milieu
DESERT	Sandy tract
DESERT	Leave without leave

DESERT	The Road Runner's home
DESERT	Gila monster's home
DESERT	Hot spot
DESERT	Most of the United Arab Emirates
DESERT	Leave high and dry
DESERT	Kalahari or Gobi
DESERT	Leave in a lurch
DESERT	Dune locale

DESERT	Wasteland
DESERT	Much of Nevada
DESERT	Mojave or Gobi
DESERT	Gobi or Mojave
DESERT	Strand