Patois Crossword

Grand · Hard · No. 20:00

Patois Crossword: Grand · Hard · No. 2

A hard grand Patois crossword with 45 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. 3 Granny mek ____ tea. (6,5)
  2. 7 Di ____ tek days fi done. (4,4)
  3. 9 In dancehall culture, to stay up all night (6)
  4. 10 It nuh ____, wi soon reach. (3)
  5. 11 A ____ a hover ova di pond. (5,6)
  6. 15 Di pipe ____ an water gush. (4,3)
  7. 17 ____ di bus nuh reach. (3,3)
  8. 19 Di bus nuh reach ____. (3)
  9. 20 Nuh be so ____, a nuh nuttn. (5,5)
  10. 21 Di pickney foot full a ____. (3,3)
  11. 23 Two ____ an a piece a fish hold mi till lunch. (3,8)
  12. 24 A ____ a sing pon di guinep tree. (4)
  13. 26 Fry up some ____ fi dinner. (6)
  14. 28 She ____ him fi a whole year. (6)
  15. 29 Bob Marley a di king a ____. (6)
  16. 31 Scoop di water wid a ____. (7,5)
  17. 35 Nuh badda wid no ____ business. (6)
  18. 37 One box ____ him dung. (3)
  19. 38 She mek ____ wid potato. (5,7)
  20. 40 Boil some ____ tea fi di gripe. (4)
  21. 42 Everybody busy inna ____. (4,4)
  22. 43 ____ rich wid history. (8)
  23. 44 Bob born an rest a ____. (4,4)

Down

  1. 1 ____ bitter but mi love it. (8)
  2. 2 Him crepe ____ white an clean. (4)
  3. 4 Buy some ____ fi di stir fry. (3,4)
  4. 5 Him ____ but him harmless. (5,7)
  5. 6 She bwile ____ fi di baby. (4,8)
  6. 8 Di ____ bite swell up him foot. (5,3)
  7. 12 ____ before somebody hear. (5,3,4)
  8. 13 ____ yuhself pon di road. (5)
  9. 14 She a mi ____, no play-play ting. (5)
  10. 16 Di news ____ di whole family. (3,2)
  11. 18 Him ____ pon di gyal. (4,1,4)
  12. 20 Mi deh yah a wait ____. (4,6)
  13. 22 Wi do wi homework by ____. (7,5)
  14. 25 Fetch water inna di ____. (8,3)
  15. 27 Nuh trust har, she too ____. (3,4)
  16. 30 Di ____ man still see good. (5,4)
  17. 32 ____ nice wid a cup a tea. (5,3)
  18. 33 Dem ____ di old building. (4,4)
  19. 34 Him do it again? ____. (3)
  20. 36 Him ____ him face like him vex. (4,2)
  21. 39 Yuh have ____ fi eat? (4,1)
  22. 41 Gi mi a ____ nuh, mi nah do it again. (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, Culture, Heritage & History, Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, Money, Work & Business, People & Relationships, Places & Directions, Technology & Texting, Time, Dates & Numbers. 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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