| DRYRUN | Jog across the desert, perhaps, for practice (3,3) |
| MIRAGE | Sight of water in the desert, perhaps |
| GOAWOL | Target includes week round desert, perhaps (2,4) |
| METHOD | Do them wrong for practice (6) |
| TARGET | Small round shield may be shot at for practice (6) |
| BLANKS | Ammunition for practice (6) |
| CARAVAN | Group travelling together for safety especially across the desert |
| MAGI | The three wise men who followed a star across the desert |
| DUNE | A hill created when the wind blows across the desert is a sand ___ |
| CARAVANS | Friend from Galway takes head off Russians travelling across the desert (8) |
| TUMBLEWEED | Plant, often seen rolling across the desert in westerns (10) |
| WILDERNESS | Desert, perhaps, where dense swirl spinning (10) |
| VAMOOSE | Desert - perhaps at speed it sounds like dessert after volume's adjusted initially |
| KNOCKUP | Bang early on the door for practice (5,2) |
| USE | Refuse to let the umpire out for practice (3) |
| REHEARSAL | Tries the lot again, mostly for practice |
| SAMPLER | Try the right piece of needlework for practice (7) |
| USAGE | States the time for practice |
| SPAR | Go through the motions for practice |
| SKISLOPE | A snowy incline for winter sports, often with a series of moguls; or, a dry artificial construction, mimicking such a piste, for practice (3,5) |
