Clues for the word "ISTHMUS"
We've had 38 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 64 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on October 26, 2025.
Definition of isthmus
- n. - A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc.
Referring Clues
- Strip of land is, accordingly, outside Morocco's capital (7)
- Land bridge
- Narrow strip of land
- Canal site, maybe
- Good place for a canal
- Panama Canal site
- Panama, for one
- Connecting land strip
- Formation meaning "neck" in Greek
- Panama, e.g.
- Panama
- Canal site, often
- Continent connector
- Geographical neck
- Panama landform
- Connecting strip of land
- Neck of land
- Narrow neck of land connecting two larger portions
- This difficult sum recalled Panama, perhaps
- Strip of land connecting land masses
- Neck of land connecting larger areas
- Strip of land connecting larger land masses with water on either side
- This turned out to sum up Panama, for example
- Breathes in this fashion round maiden's narrow neck
- Narrow neck of land
- Geographical feature is like this round Maidenhead
- Geographical feature formed by mountain in islands like this
- Breathes, so constricting medium neck
- One's so taken about male strip
- This sum formed a link with Corinth
- One's major route splits so it's narrow
- Is theme pointless? Boatmen use it to cross piece of water
- Wrung this headless bird's neck
- Narrow strip of land in sea
- Common canal site
- Natural bridge
- Strip of land
- Narrow strip of land that connects two landmasses
Last Seen In
- Daily American - October 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 05, 2025
- Daily American - March 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 31, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 04, 2025
- LA Times - August 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 19, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 27, 2024
- Daily American - October 26, 2023
- Family Time - October 22, 2023
- Daily American - March 24, 2023
- LA Times - February 03, 2018
- LA Times - January 10, 2018
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 04, 2018
- Daily American - October 26, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 27, 2017
- Daily American - March 24, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - February 27, 2017
- Netword - January 29, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 16, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 20, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 12, 2016
- Guardian Quick - June 26, 2015
- USA Today - June 19, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 17, 2015
- USA Today - January 21, 2015
- Washington Post - May 30, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - March 27, 2014
- USA Today - November 15, 2013
- And in 34 more crossword puzzles...