Dry as the desert Crossword Clue

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(adjective)
1. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
2. lacking sufficient water or rainfall

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

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
DRY (verb)
1. become dry or drier
2. remove the moisture from and make dry
DRY (noun)
1. a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
DRY (adjective)
1. lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
2. humorously sarcastic or mocking

Hint 3: Anagram

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RAID

More Apple+ Crossword (2/2/2026) Answers

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22. Equinox month (Abbr.)

23. Red root veggie

24. Copy that

26. Certain savings plan

28. Like 33 and 55, but not 44

29. Trans-Neptunian object discovered in 1930

30. Lion or tiger

32. Wake later than usual

34. Fragrant cleaning brand

38. Blanketlike shawl

40. Familiar theme, such as "enemies to lovers" in rom-coms

41. ___ to ___ (drawing puzzle)

43. One of Arch Manning's uncles

44. ___ out (started daydreaming)

45. "Gimme a few ___"

46. Fairy tale beginning

49. Performed karaoke

50. Pub serving

51. Vessel that pushes or pulls other ships

54. 2-2 score, for example

55. "Grand" instruments

57. Cirque du Soleil performer

59. Drum kit drum

60. People seeking solitude

61. Drop in the mail

62. Fictional soccer coach Ted

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Down

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3. Iowa-born opera singer Simon

4. Measuring less than 90 degrees

5. English on an arcing tennis shot

6. ___ Bears (plush toys with "Belly Badges")

7. Spiky succulent

8. Uncle, in Spanish

9. Answered with attitude

10. Weariness

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13. Sign up

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18. Tiger marking

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23. Cropped jackets also called shrugs

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27. ___ the Drama? (Cardi B album)

30. Not digital, like a clock

31. DreamWorks film that competed with Pixar's A Bug's Life

33. Intense anger

35. Classical-music compositions

36. Gift-giver's encouragement

37. Shelf

39. Arcade game with flippers and a plunger

41. Places to order BLTs

42. Habitats for lionfish and tiger sharks

45. Maple-tree goo

47. Hot drink for a cold snowy day

48. Achieves through hard work

51. Ripped

52. Previously owned

53. Digits covered by socks

56. Scottish negative

58. Dude

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