Patois Crossword

Big · Medium · No. 10:00

Patois Crossword: Big · Medium · No. 1

A medium 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. Medium: A wider vocabulary. Clues are the meaning, and you can have wrong letters marked but never shown the answer.

Across

  1. 5 A Rastafari word of affirmation and greeting meaning 'heights' (4)
  2. 6 The fast, deejay-led genre of Jamaican music (9)
  3. 7 Troubles, misfortunes, and hardships (7)
  4. 9 Fellow members of the Rastafari community, regarded as spiritual kin (5)
  5. 11 To show off and flaunt wealth, style, or success (5)
  6. 12 A con man and the con itself — a trickster (6)
  7. 14 The world-famous Jamaican music genre that grew out of rocksteady around 1968 (6)
  8. 16 Flashy, showy, and attention-seeking — full of oneself (4)
  9. 17 A ____ — kept in the pen or tethered to graze (3)
  10. 18 Salted or tinned ____ (8)
  11. 20 A steady, committed common-law partner (6)
  12. 21 Healthy, robust, and in good vigour — strong and well in body (6)

Down

  1. 1 A traditional Jamaican snack of dried corn that has been parched (5)
  2. 2 One's home area, neighbourhood, or the local streets where a person is from and known (4)
  3. 3 A man's undershirt or vest (6)
  4. 4 Flashy, showy jewellery (5)
  5. 7 Mucus and congestion — the phlegm, blocked or running nose, and chest and sinus stuffiness (7)
  6. 8 A housing development or planned residential neighbourhood (6)
  7. 10 The regard you show and owe, and a warm greeting or sign-off in its own right (6)
  8. 11 To be scared or startled — 'mi ____' means 'I'm frightened' (8)
  9. 13 The regard you show and owe, and a warm greeting or sign-off in its own right (7)
  10. 14 A chemical cream (7)
  11. 15 A mixed-breed dog of no particular pedigree — the common Jamaican street or yard dog (7)
  12. 19 Chiefly 'to make', but with two more everyday jobs (3)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Actions & Verbs, Affection, Love & Romance, Animals, Plants & Nature, Body, Health & Appearance, Clothing & Style, Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Greetings & Conversation, Money, Work & Business, People & Relationships, Places & Directions, Rastafari & Iyaric. 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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