Patois Crossword

Big · Hard · No. 10:00

Patois Crossword: Big · Hard · No. 1

A hard big Patois crossword with 24 clues. Every answer is a real Jamaican Patois word from the dictionary, and each links to its entry when you finish. Hard: Everything in the dictionary, including phrases. Clues are a Patois sentence with the word missing. No checking, no revealing.

Across

  1. 3 Gi mi a ____ nuh, mi nah do it again. (3)
  2. 5 When yuh hear di ____, say a prayer. (6,4)
  3. 8 Iron out mi ____ fi tomorrow. (5)
  4. 9 Him ____ di whole plate a food. (6,3)
  5. 10 Wi fly kite pon ____ Monday. (6)
  6. 13 Di crowd chant ____. (3,9)
  7. 16 The Jamaican spelling and pronunciation of '____' (3)
  8. 17 Dis sound system a di ____. (5)
  9. 18 Di pickney dem fraid a di black ____. (5,3)
  10. 19 ____? Wah yuh seh? (3)
  11. 21 Mi haffi go chase mi ____. (5)
  12. 22 Him ____ did a Maroon. (5,6)
  13. 23 Stew ____ sweet ova ice cream. (5)

Down

  1. 1 Di ____ soft an ready fi eat. (7,5)
  2. 2 Di ____ thick an full. (3,4,4)
  3. 4 Gimme a ____ a di rice. (6,3)
  4. 6 Go ____ before yuh eat. (4)
  5. 7 Di ____ yam sweet an famous. (5)
  6. 8 Nuh ____, mi never mean it so. (4,1,3)
  7. 11 Mi carry mi lunch inna a ____. (7,3)
  8. 12 Di ole ____ live up inna di hills. (8)
  9. 14 ____ touch mi tings. (3,5)
  10. 15 Di white rum ____, tek time. (6)
  11. 20 ____, dem people love chat. (3)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Actions & Verbs, Animals, Plants & Nature, Clothing & Style, Culture, Heritage & History, Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, Greetings & Conversation, Money, Work & Business, People & Relationships, Places & Directions, Rastafari & Iyaric, Superstition, Folklore & Spirituality, Technology & Texting. When you finish, each answer shows its meaning, its pronunciation and an example sentence.

The number in brackets after a clue is the length of the answer, and (3,5) means two words of three and five letters, typed with no space. Patois has no single spelling, so if you type another spelling the dictionary records, it counts.

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