Patois Crossword

Standard · Easy · No. 80:00

Patois Crossword: Standard · Easy · No. 8

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. 4 Places & Directions: One's home area, neighbourhood, or the local streets where a person is from and known — 'di ____' (4)
  2. 8 People & Relationships: Mother — the Patois pronunciation of 'mother' (5)
  3. 9 Animals, Plants & Nature: A large, smooth-scaled Jamaican lizard, deeply feared in country folklore (9)
  4. 10 Money, Work & Business: To show off and flaunt wealth, style, or success (5)
  5. 11 Actions & Verbs: Going on; carry on (5)
  6. 13 Money, Work & Business: The open-air ____ where higglers and farmers sell fresh produce, ground provisions, fish, and goods (6)
  7. 15 Rastafari & Iyaric: A Rastafari word of affirmation and greeting meaning 'heights' — spiritual heights, joy, and unity (4)

Down

  1. 1 Rastafari & Iyaric: A Rastafari — especially one who wears dreadlocks (5)
  2. 2 Music, Reggae & Dancehall: The instrumental backing track of a reggae or dancehall song (6)
  3. 3 Music, Reggae & Dancehall: A dancehall event or party where a sound system plays through the night (7)
  4. 5 Money, Work & Business: A small amount of money (6)
  5. 6 Actions & Verbs: To go along, go away, or carry on — a versatile word that swings between dismissal and encouragement (6)
  6. 7 Music, Reggae & Dancehall: An exclusive, custom recording made for one sound system (8)
  7. 9 Places & Directions: A drainage ____ or ditch — and, by extension, the poor inner-city neighbourhoods (5)
  8. 12 Superstition, Folklore & Spirituality: Spiritual and herbal healing in the Jamaican folk tradition (4)
  9. 14 Actions & Verbs: To steal — and, as a noun, a ____ (4)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Actions & Verbs, Animals, Plants & Nature, Money, Work & Business, Music, Reggae & Dancehall, People & Relationships, Places & Directions, Rastafari & Iyaric, 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

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