Patois Crossword

Mini · Medium · No. 120:00

Patois Crossword: Mini · Medium · No. 12

A medium 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. Medium: A wider vocabulary. Clues are the meaning, and you can have wrong letters marked but never shown the answer.

Across

  1. 3 To ____ — 'sit' plus 'down' run together, with the 'ow' rounded to 'ung' (7)
  2. 6 To go along, go away, or carry on — a versatile word (6)
  3. 7 Dried, hulled corn kernels, boiled soft and cooked into '____ porridge' (6)
  4. 8 Girl or young woman (4)

Down

  1. 1 A traditional Jamaican snack of dried corn that has been parched (5)
  2. 2 On a sound system, the art of mixing and blending riddims and tunes to keep a dance going (8)
  3. 4 A senior lay officer of a church, ranking below the pastor — a respected man (6)
  4. 5 A drainage ____ or ditch — and, by extension, the poor inner-city neighbourhoods (5)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Actions & Verbs, Food & Drink, Music, Reggae & Dancehall, People & Relationships, Places & Directions. 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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