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Deserts
surrounding
northern
hills
(5)
Deserts surrounding northern hills (5)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Hills is your definition — dunes are those sandy hills you find in the desert. DUES (as in just deserts, what someone has coming to them) wraps around N for northern, giving you DU-N-ES.