Patois Crossword

Mini · Hard · No. 40:00

Patois Crossword: Mini · Hard · No. 4

A hard 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. Hard: Everything in the dictionary, including phrases. Clues are a Patois sentence with the word missing. No checking, no revealing.

Across

  1. 5 A whose ____ dat park up? (4)
  2. 6 Shake di ____ pon di beat. (4,4)
  3. 7 Di pickney eat till him get a ____. (4,5)
  4. 8 A who yuh ____ now? (3,3)

Down

  1. 1 Di plan ____ so far. (5,4)
  2. 2 To suck the teeth (4,5)
  3. 3 Him just come from ____ last week. (4,1,4)
  4. 4 ____ know mi a try mi best. (5,3)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Affection, Love & Romance, Caribbean & Diaspora Usage, Food & Drink, Greetings & Conversation, Music, Reggae & Dancehall, 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.

More to play

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