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American expression for bus station? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terminus

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'bus station?' is the definition.
(bus station is a kind of terminus)

'american expression' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'american' could be 'us' (abbreviation for United States) and 'us' is located in the answer.
'expression' could be 'term' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'term' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'in' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for terminus that I've seen before include "Last stop" , "Final stop" , "eg Paddington" , "Destination point" , "Transport depot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Sun.
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