Desert whose name comes from the Arabic for “desert” Crossword Clue

We have the 6-letter answer for Desert whose name comes from the Arabic for “desert” crossword clue, last seen in the NYT Crossword October 1, 2025 puzzle. Let us help you solve the crossword clue that has you stumped so you can finish the puzzle.

Desert whose name comes from the Arabic for “desert” Crossword Answer

↓43.

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Hide

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. the world’s largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ARABIC (noun)
1. the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects
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

More NYT Crossword (10/1/2025) Answers

Across

1. Sits up and asks for table scraps, say

5. Reason for a school closing

10. Shopper’s reminder

14. Kind of vaccine

15. What Stan Lee has in many a Marvel movie

16. From the beginning

17. Elite soldier from GERMANY

19. Sister brand of Slush Puppie

20. It's famously sealed with red wax

21. Shipping route

23. Monastery head

25. Vessel for cooking rice from NEPAL

27. Rugged rock face

28. Attics often have lots of them

29. A schooner has at least two of them

30. Reef lurker

31. Its roles include the kings of both Egypt and Ethiopia

32. Note above fa

33. Sci-fi attack from SLOVENIA

38. ___ Robinson (role in "The Graduate")

39. Nimble-fingered

40. Go-ahead

42. Japanese beer brand

45. Shower affection (on)

46. School supply that might come in stick form

47. Fighting style from OMAN

49. Gillian ___, author of "Sharp Objects"

50. Chinese monastery known for its style of kung fu

51. Greeting from Bowser

52. Bulletin board sticker

53. Seasonal precipitation from SURINAME

58. Toledo’s lake

59. Receded

60. FAQ page contents

61. Finish a flight

62. Looks at a Nook, say

63. #2: Abbr.

All Answers

Down

1. Stole from a show?

2. Screw up

3. Keepsake after a rookie's first touchdown

4. Sneaky so-and-so

5. An "I.R.S. agent" asking you to buy gift cards, e.g.

6. M&M's color replaced by blue in 1995

7. 'Whoa'

8. Candy brand with a Big Cup variety

9. Fungus with a pitted cap

10. Boxer who retired undefeated (24-0) in 2007

11. With an implication of shouting, say

12. Spotted attending

13. Most middle schoolers

18. Splinter in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," e.g.

22. Just about

23. Blackjack half

24. Spanish for tar

25. Spa treatment, familiarly

26. Desert

28. Takes gold

31. Move in which a skier leaves the ground

32. Still on, in a way

34. "Can't wait for the next episode!"

35. Power to remove a nomination for eviction on "Big Brother"

36. Online subscription service since 2016

37. Paper or plastic, say

41. Part of a Cub Scout pack

42. Dutch beer brand

44. Painkiller brand that sponsored the first TV sitcom

45. River through four European capitals

46. ___ Estefan, Miami Sound Machine vocalist

48. Pinchpenny

49. Suiting the needs of

51. Gets hitched

54. Wharton offering, in brief

55. TV's "Chicago ___"

56. Hypotheticals

57. 'What's __ to like?'

All Answers