Patois Crossword

Big · Hard · No. 30:00

Patois Crossword: Big · Hard · No. 3

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 Roas di ____ pon di fire. (5,7)
  2. 6 Big up all mi ____. (7)
  3. 9 Mi live right ____. (4)
  4. 10 Di gyal dem a play ____ at recess. (7,4)
  5. 13 ____, di bus soon come! (3,5)
  6. 14 Champs a weh di young ____ dem shine. (8)
  7. 15 Buy some ____ fi di road. (7,5)
  8. 18 Lawd ____, look wa happen! (4,5)
  9. 20 Di deal turn ____ pon dem. (4)
  10. 21 She cut har eye an ____. (4)
  11. 22 Mi nuh want no ____ today. (7)

Down

  1. 1 Di ____ gravy rich an brown. (4,7)
  2. 2 Him lazy fi true. — ____. (1,4)
  3. 3 Listen to di elders, ____. (3)
  4. 4 Shine di floor wid di ____. (7,5)
  5. 5 Yes ____, di reasoning sweet. (4)
  6. 6 She a real ____, tall an slender. (7)
  7. 7 Him get di office job an turn ____. (6,6)
  8. 8 Dem ____ people nuh mix wid wi. (5,5)
  9. 11 A big ____ a keep a Friday. (7)
  10. 12 Rub di ____ inna yuh scalp. (4,6)
  11. 16 Nuh badda wid no ____. (5)
  12. 17 Run go a di ____ fi a hardo bread. (4)
  13. 19 Di car ____ weh dung di road. (3)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Actions & Verbs, Animals, Plants & Nature, Body, Health & Appearance, Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, Greetings & Conversation, Money, Work & Business, Music, Reggae & Dancehall, People & Relationships, Rastafari & Iyaric, Sports & Games, Superstition, Folklore & Spirituality. 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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