JUST FOR US II

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

 

Each pair of clues below can be answered by two words which will end in the same three letters - the last two of which will always be US. None of the answer words end in OUS. For example, given the clues SINGING GROUP - KIND OF FRUIT, the answer words would be CHORUS - CITRUS.

1. Ten-year count - Against

2. Massive marine mammal - Womb

3. Calculator with beads - It's thrown in the Olympics

4. Kind of cloud - Vinyl record phonograph needle

5. Auto-immune disease - Eight-armer of the sea

6. Connecting strip of land - Chickpea, sesame seed paste

7. A pause or gap - Document to inform investors about a company

Answers:

 

1. CENSUS - VERSUS

2. WALRUS - UTERUS

3. ABACUS - DISCUS

4. CUMULUS - STYLUS

5. LUPUS - OCTOPUS

6. ISTHMUS - HUMMUS

7. HIATUS - PROSPECTUS