Patois Crossword

Big · Hard · No. 50:00

Patois Crossword: Big · Hard · No. 5

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 ____ tree full a seed. (8)
  2. 3 Mawnin ____ cover di whole valley. (3)
  3. 5 ____, dem people love chat. (3)
  4. 6 ____ a Jamaica national flowa. (6,5)
  5. 8 Buy a dozen ____ fi school. (8,4)
  6. 13 Every day a new ____. (7)
  7. 15 Him ____ cyaan satisfy. (4,3)
  8. 16 ____ strong an dark. (7,4)
  9. 17 ____ thick an it last long. (7,4)
  10. 19 Di cruise ship dem dock a ____. (4,4)
  11. 21 Him carve di bowl outta ____. (5)

Down

  1. 1 Him teach mi how fi ____. (5)
  2. 2 Yuh pass di exam? ____! (5)
  3. 4 Di ____ come tidy up di office. (6)
  4. 5 Wi did do homework by ____. (8,4)
  5. 7 Some day dem never have ____. (5,5)
  6. 9 ____ pudding sweet an heavy. (7)
  7. 10 ____, King of Kings. (8,1)
  8. 11 Di ____ ring out bright. (5)
  9. 12 Di Sunshine Girls a wi ____ pride. (7)
  10. 14 Nutten beat a cold ____ inna di heat. (4,4)
  11. 16 ____ influence run deep inna ska. (4)
  12. 18 ____, mi know it hard. (4)
  13. 20 Him a ____ bwoy from di corner. (3)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Animals, Plants & Nature, Culture, Heritage & History, Dance, Party & Celebration, Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Greetings & Conversation, Money, Work & Business, Music, Reggae & Dancehall, Places & Directions, Rastafari & Iyaric, Sports & Games, 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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