Patois Crossword

Standard · Easy · No. 40:00

Patois Crossword: Standard · Easy · No. 4

An easy standard Patois crossword with 16 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. 1 Grammar & Function Words: 'They' or '____', but it does more than the English pronoun (3)
  2. 5 Culture, Heritage & History: A large covered basket woven from bamboo or wicker, used to carry produce, food, or goods (6)
  3. 6 Places & Directions: The old commercial heart of Kingston near the waterfront — busy markets, street vending, and hard working-class life (8)
  4. 7 Grammar & Function Words: Marks location and existence — roughly 'there', 'is at', or 'to be somewhere' (3)
  5. 9 Culture, Heritage & History: The communities of Africans (7)
  6. 11 Dance, Party & Celebration: A classic dancehall dance move of the early 1990s (5)
  7. 12 Food & Drink: A soft, pale-yellow fruit whose ripe arils are cooked as a savoury vegetable (5)
  8. 14 Music, Reggae & Dancehall: A dancehall event or party where a sound system plays through the night (7)

Down

  1. 2 Animals, Plants & Nature: The small, quick, weasel-like animal introduced to Jamaica in the 1800s to control rats and snakes… (8)
  2. 3 Places & Directions: The porch or covered gallery running along the front or side of a Jamaican house — the shady, open-air spot (8)
  3. 4 People & Relationships: Mother — the Patois pronunciation of 'mother' (5)
  4. 5 Money, Work & Business: Fraud, hustling, or illegal and dishonest dealings (9)
  5. 8 Money, Work & Business: A large basket or pannier for carrying farm produce and goods (6)
  6. 10 Money, Work & Business: To show off and flaunt wealth, style, or success (5)
  7. 11 Places & Directions: Wild, uncultivated land — thick vegetation, the deep countryside, or any overgrown, untended ground (4)
  8. 13 Greetings & Conversation: An exclamation of dismissal, mild annoyance, impatience, or disbelief (3)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Animals, Plants & Nature, Culture, Heritage & History, Dance, Party & Celebration, Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, Greetings & Conversation, Money, Work & Business, 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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