Patois Crossword

Mini · Medium · No. 520:00

Patois Crossword: Mini · Medium · No. 52

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. 2 A ____ — kept in the pen or tethered to graze (3)
  2. 5 A loud commotion, uproar, or disturbance — chaos, a noisy quarrel, or a great fuss (9)
  3. 7 A large, smooth-scaled Jamaican lizard, deeply feared in country folklore (9)

Down

  1. 1 A mixed-breed dog of no particular pedigree — the common Jamaican street or yard dog (7)
  2. 3 A rat — the larger rodent that gets into the roof, the field, and the storeroom (5)
  3. 4 The small freshwater crayfish or shrimp found in Jamaica's rivers (5)
  4. 6 Sharp stomach or gut pains from gas or colic — the cramping '____' (5)
  5. 8 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, Body, Health & Appearance, Descriptions & Emotions, Grammar & Function Words. 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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