Patois Crossword

Mini · Easy · No. 490:00

Patois Crossword: Mini · Easy · No. 49

An easy mini Patois crossword with 8 clues. Every answer is a real Jamaican Patois word from the dictionary, and each links to its entry when you finish. Easy: The most familiar words. Meanings come with a category, every word starts with its first letter filled in, and you can check and reveal.

Across

  1. 2 Food & Drink: A round, dense, flat cake sweetened with molasses or dark brown sugar and spiced with ginger… (5)
  2. 4 Superstition, Folklore & Spirituality: An Afro-Christian folk religion of Jamaica, blending African spirituality with Christianity (7)
  3. 5 Places & Directions: The old commercial heart of Kingston near the waterfront — busy markets, street vending, and hard working-class life (8)
  4. 7 People & Relationships: An affectionate word for one's father, and for an older man held in respect and fondness (5)

Down

  1. 1 Animals, Plants & Nature: A large, smooth-scaled Jamaican lizard, deeply feared in country folklore (9)
  2. 3 Rastafari & Iyaric: The Rastafari concept of righteous living (6)
  3. 4 Music, Reggae & Dancehall: The instrumental backing track of a reggae or dancehall song (6)
  4. 6 Grammar & Function Words: A multi-purpose question and linking word — 'where', 'what', or the relative 'that/which/who' (3)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Animals, Plants & Nature, Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, Music, Reggae & Dancehall, People & Relationships, Places & Directions, Rastafari & Iyaric, Superstition, Folklore & Spirituality. 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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