Patois Crossword

Grand · Hard · No. 30:00

Patois Crossword: Grand · Hard · No. 3

A hard grand Patois crossword with 44 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. 2 Big up di whole ____. (6)
  2. 4 Yeah man, di ting ____. (5,2)
  3. 11 Water an bread pon di ____. (7,5)
  4. 13 Di rider ____ fi show off. (5)
  5. 14 Di ____ a scratch up di yaad. (6,4)
  6. 16 Mi ____ two a dem. (3)
  7. 18 ____ tree bear plenty dis year. (8)
  8. 20 Dat a ____ money, mi nah tek it. (9)
  9. 22 ____ go good wid rice an peas. (3,8)
  10. 26 The Jamaican spelling and pronunciation of '____' (3)
  11. 27 Di ____ cool dung di evening. (3,6)
  12. 30 A ____ mi did tell yuh. (4,2)
  13. 31 Cut a thick slice a ____. (6,3)
  14. 32 Dem seh ____ good fi di blood. (5,6)
  15. 34 Him limp because a him ____. (3,4)
  16. 35 A fi mi ____ dat, respect har. (7,5)
  17. 36 Nuh tell she nutten, she a pure ____. (6,4)
  18. 38 Mi granfada, wi call him ____. (4)
  19. 40 Serve di ____ ova white rice. (5,4)
  20. 41 Clean di ____, it smoke up. (4,5)

Down

  1. 1 Mi ____ fi see yuh! (4,3,4)
  2. 2 Di ____ bright like day. (4,4)
  3. 3 Meet mi a di ____ fi a Red Stripe. (3)
  4. 5 Tell di ____ fi open di gate. (7)
  5. 6 Wi come fi ____ di place. (5)
  6. 7 Mek some ____, massive! (4)
  7. 8 Dem build a marl ____ cross di morass. (8)
  8. 9 She seh a ____ set di sickness pon har. (5,3)
  9. 10 Rub cream pon yuh ____. (4,4)
  10. 12 Di street teach yuh things ____ cyaan. (4,5)
  11. 15 ____ weh di rotten one. (4)
  12. 17 A jigga inna him ____. (4,6)
  13. 19 Buy a ____ from di bakery fi mi. (8,4)
  14. 21 Get ____ mi case. (4)
  15. 23 ____ mek good yard fowl. (4,4,4)
  16. 24 Dem do a ____ fi remove di duppy. (3,3,5)
  17. 25 ____ moist an chewy. (7,4)
  18. 27 She nuh badda wid no broke ____. (8)
  19. 28 Di ____ beat di akete drum. (6,3)
  20. 29 ____ inna mi heart. (4)
  21. 33 Gi mi a ____ nuh, mi nah do it again. (3)
  22. 34 Gi mi di ____ a di money. (7)
  23. 37 Di ____ nuh reach yet. (4)
  24. 39 Mi ____ do it tomorrow. (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, Culture, Heritage & History, Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, Greetings & Conversation, Money, Work & Business, Music, Reggae & Dancehall, People & Relationships, Rastafari & Iyaric, Superstition, Folklore & Spirituality, Transport & Travel. 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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