| Desert in southern Africa | 25 |
| Desert in the Southwest | 23 |
| Desert islands, so to speak | 27 |
| Desert known for Joshua trees | 29 |
| Desert landscape features | 25 |
| Desert largely in Mongolia | 26 |
| Desert lizard of the U. S. | 26 |
| Desert of dinosaur finds | 24 |
| Desert of southern Israel | 25 |
| Desert or ocean, often | 22 |
| Desert potentate (Var.) | 23 |
| Desert rat's quest | 22 |
| Desert region in China | 22 |
| Desert Storm chow, briefly | 26 |
| Desert Storm chow, initially | 28 |
| Desert Storm dinner, briefly | 28 |
| Desert Storm fighter plane | 26 |
| Desert Storm grub, briefly | 26 |
| Desert Storm helicopter | 23 |
| Desert Storm mess, briefly? | 27 |
| Desert Storm plane acronym | 26 |
| Desert Storm transports | 23 |
| Desert trial, for short | 23 |
| Desert with Joshua trees | 24 |
| Desert's compensation | 25 |
| Desert, as in a desert | 22 |
| Desert, with "go" | 27 |
| Deserted and in trouble | 23 |
| Deserter's designation | 26 |
| Deserters of sinking ships | 26 |
| Deserts ... or beaches | 22 |
| Deserve special perks, say | 26 |
| Deserve special treatment | 25 |
| Deserve to be heckled? | 22 |
| Deserved an Oscar, say | 22 |
| Deserves a slap, perhaps | 24 |
| Deserves a treat, perhaps | 25 |
| Deserves what one gets | 22 |
| Deserving a blue ribbon | 23 |
| Deserving a slap, maybe | 23 |
| Deserving a slap, perhaps | 25 |
| Deserving an F, perhaps | 23 |
| Deserving at least a B | 22 |
| Deserving detention, say | 24 |
| Deserving fewer stars (than) | 28 |
| Deserving of a standing O | 25 |
| Deserving of a time-out | 23 |
| Deserving of skepticism | 23 |
| Deserving of the booby prize | 28 |
| Deserving of your time | 22 |
| Deserving the booby prize | 25 |
| Deserving two thumbs down | 25 |
| Desi Arnaz autobiography | 24 |
| Desi Arnaz Jr.'s mom | 24 |
| Desi Arnaz Jr.'s mother | 27 |
| Desi Arnaz signature line | 25 |
| Desi Arnaz signature song | 25 |
| Desi Arnaz's birthplace | 27 |
| Desi Arnaz's homeland | 25 |
| Desi of “I Love Lucy” | 29 |
| Desi who married Lucille Ball | 29 |
| Design criterion, briefly | 25 |
| Design detail, briefly | 22 |
| Design detail, for short | 24 |
| Design for a mountain cabin | 27 |
| Design for transferral | 22 |
| Design in Rorschach test | 24 |
| Design made with tiles | 22 |
| Design meaningful contrails | 27 |
| Design of alternating squares | 29 |
| Design school studio, say | 25 |
| Design sewed on material | 24 |
| Design style of the '20s | 28 |
| Design style of the 1920s | 25 |
| Design style, informally | 24 |
| Design with looped string | 25 |
| Designate specifically | 22 |
| Designated a new use for | 24 |
| Designated aviation path | 24 |
| Designated driver's drink | 29 |
| Designated driver's order | 29 |
| Designated driver, perhaps | 26 |
| Designated hitter finder? | 25 |
| Designated PG-13, e.g. | 22 |
| Designated PG-13, perhaps | 25 |
| Designates for a purpose | 24 |
| Designates, as a knight | 23 |
| Designating a maiden name | 25 |
| Designation for JFK airport | 27 |
| Designations in Monopoly | 24 |
| Designed for all grades | 23 |
| Designed for group singing | 26 |
| Designed for rough terrain | 26 |
| Designed for simple assembly | 28 |
| Designed for the workplace | 26 |
| Designed like a fingerprint | 27 |
| Designed like Dürer | 22 |
| Designed to increase traction | 29 |
| Designed to minimize drag | 25 |
| Designer born in Normandy | 25 |