Desert retreat Crossword Clue

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Desert retreat Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
2. a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

RETREAT (verb)
1. move back
2. pull back or move away or backward
RETREAT (noun)
1. an area where you can be alone
2. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
DESERT (verb)
1. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
2. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
DESERT (noun)
1. arid land with little or no vegetation
2. (usually plural) a person’s deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment

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