| DESICCATION | Another word for drying out of the land, which is is one of the biggest challenges facing land snails. A similar sort-of feeling you get when the "desert" is not produced after the main meal. (11) |
| GANNET | Which is is the largest of Ireland's seabirds? (6) |
| EVEREST | Always time in New York for biggest challenge? (7) |
| DEARTH | Department's facing land shortage (6) |
| SLUG | Unit of mass in the English system of measurement, whose weight at sea level is 32.17 pounds. (This word is also used in English to describe a land snail without a shell.) (4) |
| SEEST | "For all the land which thou ___, to thee will I give it" |
| DODMAN | Word for a land snail in some English counties (6) |
| AFRICAN | Large land snail that originates in East Africa: giant ___ snail |
| RID | "...and I will ___ evil beasts out of the land" (Lev. 26:6 |
| IRISE | "Eternal __ impalpable out of the land . . .": Whitman |
| FARMERS | People who operate or manage a tract of land which is cultivated or used to rear livestock (7) |
| WETLANDS | A marsh, swamp or other area of land which is usually saturated with water (8) |
| EUCALYPTUS | Tree of the myrtle family yielding timber, oil and gum; one of the biggest of such trees in Europe can be found in Galicia, Spain, called "El Abuelo" it was planted in around 1880, is nearly 70 metres |
| KING | The Lion ___ animated movie featuring voices of Beyonce and Seth Rogen that was one of the biggest hits of 2019 |
| ARABLE | Land which is fit for farming |
| CHILLI | Hear of land which is hot |
| SPIT | 'Jut-land', which is bit of a mouthful! (4) |
| ISLANDERS | Inhabitants of land, which is surrounded by water (9) |
| GLEBE | Land which is part of a clergyman's benefice (5) |
| DESERTIFICATION | The process that reduces the biological productivity of drylands (arid and semiarid lands), which may be the result of climate change, deforestation, overgrazing, poverty, political instability, or un |
