The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ISTHMUS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ISTHMUS
- Land link is consequently cut by motorway
- Island nearly is so invaded by millions
- Laundering this amount of money over in Panama?
- Narrow strip of land is therefore blocked by leader of militia
- This difficult sum recalled Panama, perhaps
- This mad American’s investing millions in strip of land
- Narrow strip of land is like this over miles
- Wrung this headless bird’s neck
- One’s so covering miles in such a strip of land
- First American receiving The Queen in Panama, perhaps
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The straight part
We know that "Panama, perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case panama, perhaps = isthmus.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 ISTHMUS mean?
ISTHMUS noun- A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
- Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.
- An edge in a graph whose deletion increases the number of connected components of the graph.