Patois Crossword

Mini · Easy · No. 500:00

Patois Crossword: Mini · Easy · No. 50

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. 3 Clothing & Style: Desert boots and shoes (6)
  2. 5 Culture, Heritage & History: A large covered basket woven from bamboo or wicker, used to carry produce, food, or goods (6)
  3. 6 Grammar & Function Words: 'They' or '____', but it does more than the English pronoun (3)
  4. 7 Places & Directions: A drainage ____ or ditch — and, by extension, the poor inner-city neighbourhoods (5)

Down

  1. 1 Rastafari & Iyaric: A Rastafari — especially one who wears dreadlocks (5)
  2. 2 Food & Drink: A traditional Jamaican snack of dried corn that has been parched (5)
  3. 4 Descriptions & Emotions: Little or small — in size, amount, or degree (6)
  4. 5 Dance, Party & Celebration: A classic dancehall dance move of the early 1990s (5)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Clothing & Style, Culture, Heritage & History, Dance, Party & Celebration, Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, 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.

More to play

Back to all Patois crosswords, try the daily word game Guess Di Word, or take a Patois quiz. You can print this puzzle from your browser's print menu.