| SEMIDESERT | Built a house before having to leave an arid area (4-6) |
| GOBIDESERT | Island swamp retreating to leave an arid region |
| INDIA | One's having to leave an Asian country for another (5) |
| SCRUB | Vegetation consisting of stunted trees, bushes and other plants growing in an arid area |
| ASSEVERATE | A severe set organised before having to declare (10) |
| HOMEANDDRY | Successfully reached one's house before it rained (4,3,3) |
| STRAGGLERS | Group of people who are the last to leave an event, or last in a line (10) |
| RAINSHADOW | How's an arid ground area kept drier by hills? |
| HIGHANDDRY | How people are left on an arid mountain (4,3,3) |
| DESERTLILY | Hesperocallis undulata, flowering plant found in arid areas of southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico (6,4) |
| SANDGROUSE | Common name for Pterolidae, ground-dwelling birds related to pigeons, mostly found in arid areas |
| BEQUEATH | To leave an estate to a person or other beneficiary by a will (8) |
| NESTED | Saint in the Tyneside area with man having built a home (6) |
| COVE | Attempt to leave an English city by a small inlet (4) |
| DRYPOINT | An etching needle by which fine lines are drawn to leave an engraving/ burr on a copperplate; or, the print or impression, such as Rembrandt's The Three Crosses, so produced (3-5) |
| AMBROSIA | It's hard to leave an Oriental servant with Boris cooking up a delicacy (8) |
| WILLYA | Do you intend to leave an empty YMCA? (6) |
| ETCH | Wee Margaret cheered to leave an impression (4) |
| PRETEND | Before having to care, one may go through the motions (7) |
| PREPARE | Are getting homework done before having to get ready (7) |
