| SCATTERED | Found here and there, as desert cat is |
| OTTER | Web-footed mammal found here and in hotter climes |
| WASTELAND | Allowed to cut roughly back as well as desert |
| BIOME | Major ecological community of flora and fauna such as desert, grassland, freshwater, forest, marine or tundra (5) |
| SERE | Sun-baked, as desert ground |
| MERIT | An extract from Homer I translated as "desert" (5) |
| ARID | Dry, as desert climates |
| FORHEAVENSSAKE | Exasperated cry, as desert's obscuring the sky |
| NORTHPOLE | Great Scott - he wanted to be as far from there as possible! |
| ETCETERA | Crete abused in letter there, as well as other things (2,6) |
| DAWNED | And we'd go out there as it became light (6) |
| ICANCOME | I'll be there as fast as possible to make Samoa a concession (2,4,2,1,3,4) |
| ASSOONAS | I'll be there as fast as possible to make Samoa a concession (2,4,2,1,3,4) |
| INERT | Just sitting there, as a gas |
| OUTCOME | It's the wrong way to get there, as a result (7) |
| ETHER | There, as it might be, to put one out? (5) |
| ABOARD | Seamen will be there - as a committee? (6) |
| SOUTHEASTERLY | Struggling out there, as hampered by tricky wind (13) |
| ASKS | Throws out there as a price |
| HEATERS | Used there as household appliances (7) |
