Patois Crossword

Standard · Hard · No. 10:00

Patois Crossword: Standard · Hard · No. 1

A hard 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. Hard: Everything in the dictionary, including phrases. Clues are a Patois sentence with the word missing. No checking, no revealing.

Across

  1. 3 Everyting set, di plan ____. (5)
  2. 4 Di ____ a scratch up di yaad. (6)
  3. 6 Him clothes patch up ____. (6,6)
  4. 7 Go look inna di ____ fi egg. (4,4)
  5. 10 Mi nuh like how she ____ wid people. (8,3)
  6. 12 ____ dart inna di bush. (5,6)
  7. 13 Mumma call wi inside inna di ____. (5,7)

Down

  1. 1 Him gi mi ____ halfway. (4)
  2. 2 ____ people cyaan see yuh prosper. (3,4)
  3. 3 Mi only have some ____ lef. (7)
  4. 4 ____ quick an it full yuh. (8,4)
  5. 5 Look after di ____ dem. (4,7)
  6. 8 ____ coco full basket. (3,3)
  7. 9 Dem load up di ____ wid box. (8)
  8. 11 Dat DJ ____, yuh see! (3)
  9. 12 Put yuh trust inna ____. (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, Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Money, Work & Business, People & Relationships, Rastafari & Iyaric, Superstition, Folklore & Spirituality, Time, Dates & Numbers, Transport & Travel. 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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