Related Clues:

• Desert that means "desert" in Arabic
• An artist owns up: 'A great waste'
• Sahara, for instance
• Mali, mostly
• Rested awkwardly in ditch
• Leave course when disheartened
• Abandon sandy area
• Has backing from leaders to address radioactive assembly during the day- it's not a cool place to be in
• Rat, of course, gutted
• Egypt's desert
• Desert hospital a girl goes round
• Abandon land too dry to raise crops
• Part of Mali
• Setting of 'Beau Geste'
• Much of Nevada