1) Connecting two land masses 2) Dry land 3) Earth 4) Ground 5) Land 6) Native of Panama 7) Person from Panama 8) Solid ground 9) Terra firma Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/isthmian
Isth'mi·an adjective [ Latin Isthmius , Greek .... See Isthmus .] Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece. Isthmian games (Gr. Antiq.) , one of the four great national festivals of Greece, celebrated on the Isthmus of Corinth in ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/104