| DESERTER | Runaway identifying dry area with hesitation (8) |
| ARIZONA | State has endlessly dry area with dam in the middle (7) |
| DESERT | Dry area with 500 sick trees (6) |
| DESERTED | Dry area associated with journalist, abandoned (8) |
| AIRFIELD | Dry area used once by camels? (8) |
| OPERETTA | Work before on dry area - light work (8) |
| BRITTANY | Dry area in sea where Brest is located (8) |
| DUSTBOWL | Broadcast doubts over wicket with large dry area (4,4) |
| KALAHARI | In very dry area, note regulars in ram-raid going after spirit (8) |
| VATERSAY | Start to worry getting out of sea, for example, taking source of virus to dry area, in the main (8) |
| ATTAINED | Reached a dry area in central Sweden |
| ARIDZONE | Air dozen composed in very dry area (4,4) |
| IRRIGATE | Pipe in water to a dry area: - the crops, eg |
| TIDELAND | Where the sea meets dry area |
| INFIELDER | Baseballer accepted enclosed area with hesitation (9) |
| LEWISAND | I saw hardliners creating dry area, in the main (5,3,6) |
| SALTBUSH | Slab shut off to show fodder for stock in dry areas (8) |
| KALAHARIDESERT | Coming from Alaska, ditherer found dry area! (8,6) |
| QUITTANCE | Receipt of fruit with dry area inside |
| ERISKAY | Close to secure area in perilous dry area, in the main (7) |
