Patois Crossword

Standard · Hard · No. 20:00

Patois Crossword: Standard · Hard · No. 2

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. 5 Di whole party a do di ____. (5,4)
  2. 8 Di whole party a ____. (6,6)
  3. 11 Big up all di ____ dem. (7)
  4. 12 ____ dis year at all. (5,3,4)
  5. 14 Gimme fry fish an ____, please. (5)
  6. 15 Mi mout water fi a ____. (8,4)

Down

  1. 1 ____ good fi mash. (2,7,3)
  2. 2 Him tink him a di ____. (4,3,5)
  3. 3 Di mango ____ now, pick it. (4)
  4. 4 Put it dung ____. (4)
  5. 6 Him tea sweet wid plenty ____. (8,4)
  6. 7 Him a stack up di ____. (6)
  7. 9 Yuh too ____ fi ask mi dat. (6)
  8. 10 Nuh put ____ pon di trip, man! (4,4)
  9. 13 Him live dung di ____, third gate. (4)
  10. 14 Chiefly a member of the ____ Ashanti order of Rastafari (4)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Affection, Love & Romance, Animals, Plants & Nature, Dance, Party & Celebration, Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Greetings & Conversation, 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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