Desert stops Crossword Clue

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STOPS (noun)
1. a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
DESERT (verb)
1. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
2. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
DESERT (noun)
1. arid land with little or no vegetation
2. (usually plural) a person’s deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment

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