Earth's third-largest desert Crossword Clue

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

Hint 2: Clue Definition

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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