Patois Crossword

Mini · Medium · No. 60:00

Patois Crossword: Mini · Medium · No. 6

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. 4 The prized dark-red hardwood tree (8)
  2. 5 An Afro-Jamaican Revival religion (9)
  3. 7 Mother — the Patois pronunciation of 'mother' (5)
  4. 8 The spider trickster hero of Jamaican folklore — small and weak, but so clever and cunning (6)

Down

  1. 1 A small, thorny tree that shaped Jamaica's history and economy (7)
  2. 2 A starchy root crop — one of the island's oldest foods — ground and pressed to make bammy (7)
  3. 3 A ladies' man — a man very successful with women, often juggling several at once (6)
  4. 6 The Patois pronunciation of '____', with the 'w' softened to an 'oo' sound (5)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Affection, Love & Romance, Animals, Plants & Nature, Food & Drink, People & Relationships, 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

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.