JUST FOR US I

The Word's The Thing 

Dr. Louis D. Appel

Each pair of clues below can be answered by two words which 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 CENTER OF ATTENTION OR ACTIVITY - KIND OF TREE,  the answer words would be FOCUS - FICUS. *Clue answers end in the same four letters.

1. Extra pay - Nasal cavity

2. Singing group - Kind of fruit

3. Fake - Mushroom or toadstool

4. Desert succulent - Social position

5. Linking connection - Nerve network*

6. School grounds - Noisy disturbance*

7. Excessive amount - Surprise or confuse someone*

8. Decisively indicative test - Hostility or ill feeling

9. Parallelogram with equal sides - Picture/letter puzzle

10. Central part of an atom - Symbolic staff of physicians

 

Answers:

 

1. BONUS - SINUS

2. CHORUS - CITRUS

3. BOGUS - FUNGUS

4. CACTUS - STATUS

5. NEXUS - PLEXUS*

6. CAMPUS - RUMPUS*

7. SURPLUS - NONPLUS*

8. LITMUS - ANIMUS

9. RHOMBUS - REBUS

10. NUCLEUS - CADUCEUS