Patois Crossword

Big · Medium · No. 30:00

Patois Crossword: Big · Medium · No. 3

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. 3 A water pipe used by Rastafari to smoke the herb ritually during reasoning… (7)
  2. 5 A large basket or pannier for carrying farm produce and goods (6)
  3. 7 Besides the loaf, '____' is common slang for money — the means of living (5)
  4. 8 The self-governing Maroon town in the Cockpit Country of St (9)
  5. 9 The warm, aromatic spice grated fresh into porridges, drinks, puddings, and 'sea moss' (6)
  6. 10 'They' or '____', but it does more than the English pronoun (3)
  7. 13 To work hard and resourcefully to earn a living, by any honest means available (6)
  8. 15 Morning — and, as a greeting, 'good morning' (6)
  9. 17 Father — one's dad, and by extension an older man of authority or respect (4)
  10. 18 A poor, densely populated inner-city community (6)
  11. 20 A senior lay officer of a church, ranking below the pastor — a respected man (6)
  12. 22 The mother of a man's child or children, spoken of in relation to him (9)
  13. 23 The wooden pounding bowl, used with a 'pestle' (6)

Down

  1. 1 Desert boots and shoes (6)
  2. 2 The red-and-white (sometimes yellow) plaid madras cloth (7)
  3. 3 The bat-and-ball sport that Jamaicans follow with deep passion (7)
  4. 4 Ground corn (maize) meal — a versatile staple used for creamy ____ porridge (8)
  5. 6 A large starchy cousin of the banana, eaten cooked rather than raw (8)
  6. 11 A little extra given free by a seller after a purchase (6)
  7. 12 Somebody, someone — the Patois pronunciation of 'somebody' (6)
  8. 14 Beyond 'sugary', '____' in Patois means delicious, pleasing, or thoroughly enjoyable (5)
  9. 16 Water — the Patois pronunciation of 'water', with the vowel opened out (5)
  10. 19 To stand — but far more often to stay (3)
  11. 21 To eat — especially to eat heartily, hungrily, or greedily (4)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Actions & Verbs, Clothing & Style, Culture, Heritage & History, Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, Greetings & Conversation, Money, Work & Business, People & Relationships, Places & Directions, Rastafari & Iyaric, Sports & Games. 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.

More to play

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