JUST FOR US III

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

Each pair of clue 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, LONG ARM BONE - CHEMICAL ELEMENT, the answer words would be HUMERUS - PHOSPHORUS.

1. He fell in love with his own reflection - Agreement

2. A particular point, place, or location - Political meeting

3. Incentive - Branch of advanced math

4. Musical work - Egg-laying mammal

5. Kind of cloud - College course outline

6. COVID 19, for example - Ancient writing paper

7. Unborn child - Kind of tree

Answers:

 

1. NARCISSUS - CONCENSUS

2. LOCUS - CAUCUS

3. STIMULUS - CALCULUS

4. OPUS - PLATYPUS

5. NIMBUS - SYLLABUS

6. VIRUS - PAPYRUS

7. FETUS - EUCALYPTUS