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Neck seen in this outrageously reversed result (7)

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isthmus

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(Other definitions for isthmus that I've seen before include "Such a narrow area" , "Neck of land between two seas" , "This sum for a narrow piece of land" , "Neck of land connecting larger areas" , "Narrow linking piece of land" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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