Desert drainage basin — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 5–letter crossword clue “Desert drainage basin”? This page covers its appearance in NYT Crossword on 27th July 1997. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Desert drainage basin” is PLAYA (5 letters).
We last saw “Desert drainage basin” in NYT Crossword on 27th July 1997.
The 5-letter answer for “Desert drainage basin” is PLAYA.
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