Patois Crossword

Standard · Hard · No. 40:00

Patois Crossword: Standard · Hard · No. 4

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. 2 Nuttn nuh sweet like a ripe ____. (5,5)
  2. 5 She save har money inna di ____. (6,5)
  3. 7 One box ____ him dung. (3)
  4. 8 She ____ pass di guard. (9)
  5. 9 Times haad, but ____. (5,6)
  6. 10 ____ stick to yuh ribs. (5,3,4)
  7. 13 Respect di ____ dem. (6)
  8. 14 Di horns dem drive di ____. (3)
  9. 15 Wi start work from ____. (3,5)

Down

  1. 1 Di ____ up, day soon light. (7,4)
  2. 2 Di ____ sting bun bad. (4,8)
  3. 3 Him cut ____ fi feed di cow. (6,5)
  4. 4 ____ mi mean it. (1,3,2)
  5. 6 ____ an gi di people some space. (9)
  6. 11 Mi a look a likkle ____. (5)
  7. 12 ____ neva fall a one man door. (4)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Actions & Verbs, Animals, Plants & Nature, Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, Greetings & Conversation, Money, Work & Business, Music, Reggae & Dancehall, People & Relationships, Time, Dates & Numbers. 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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