Patois Crossword

Big · Hard · No. 20:00

Patois Crossword: Big · Hard · No. 2

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. 1 ____ di bag before di bus lef. (4)
  2. 3 Him a fly out tomorrow — ____! (6,4)
  3. 8 Dem seh duppy roam di ____. (5,4)
  4. 9 Di ____ dem line up pon di beach. (5)
  5. 11 Dem seh yuh drop a knife fi stop a ____. (7,4)
  6. 12 She cook ____ an beans fi dinner. (3,4)
  7. 14 Mi ____ do it tomorrow. (3)
  8. 15 Butter di ____ dem fi mi. (8)
  9. 17 Di crowd a ____ mi from all side. (5)
  10. 18 Selassie I, di ____. (4,2,5)
  11. 21 Nuh mek him ____ fool yuh. (5,4)
  12. 22 If yuh nuh study, ____ fail. (5)

Down

  1. 1 Christmas time bring di ____. (5,4)
  2. 2 ____ time wid it. (3)
  3. 4 Wipe yuh hand pon di ____. (5)
  4. 5 Him ____ but him harmless. (5,7)
  5. 6 ____ can run fi hours. (5,7)
  6. 7 Buy a ____ fi di water an di jelly. (5,7)
  7. 9 ____ mout bring trouble. (6,6)
  8. 10 Wi have ____ work fi do. (5)
  9. 13 It nuh ____, wi soon reach. (3)
  10. 16 ____ deh an wait fi mi. (5)
  11. 19 Wi walk pon ____ all di way. (4)
  12. 20 Come mek wi go dung a ____ go bade. (3)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Actions & Verbs, Body, Health & Appearance, Clothing & Style, Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, Greetings & Conversation, Places & Directions, Rastafari & Iyaric, Superstition, Folklore & Spirituality, Transport & Travel. 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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