Desolate Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Wednesday, October 14, 2009 · 64-Across
Appeared in 5 New York Times Crosswords between October 1994 and October 2009.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · October 14, 2009 · 64-Across · 5 letters
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providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
adjective
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