The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SAND
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More clues leading to the result SAND
- Unhappy about new seaside feature
- Polish end of button in blue
- Writer's article appearing in Standard, devoid of substance
- Sandown doesn’t have its own beach?
- Son with contents of hourglass?
- This is square, also smooth
- Smooth, starts to sing awfully, needling daughter
- You must leave a cube smooth
- Capital of Somalia, with typical desert feature
- Smooth French author
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The straight part
We know that "Xhosan desert has plenty of this" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case xhosan desert has plenty of this = sand.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SAND mean?
SAND noun- Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
- (often in the plural) A beach or other expanse of sand.
- (circa 1920) Personal courage.
- A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
- A single grain of sand.
- A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
- Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
- To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
- To cover with sand.
- To blot ink using sand.
- A sandpiper.