Patois Crossword

Standard · Hard · No. 60:00

Patois Crossword: Standard · Hard · No. 6

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. 1 Dem learn dem ABC a ____. (5,6)
  2. 3 Or finished — but it does extra work in Jamaican grammar (3)
  3. 6 Mama a ____ fi Saturday. (4,4)
  4. 9 ____ yuh cyaan come?! (3,3,4)
  5. 10 Life inna di ____ hard but close. (8,4)
  6. 11 Get ____ mi way. (5)
  7. 13 ____ cloth mek di quadrille dress. (7)
  8. 14 Him a real ____, nuff woman. (6)
  9. 15 Him ____ gaan a farrin. (3)

Down

  1. 1 Since yesideh mi ____ pon mi. (4,4,4)
  2. 2 Put on yuh ____ fi church. (6,4)
  3. 4 ____ heavier than yam. (7)
  4. 5 Dem ____ fi draw money. (4,6)
  5. 7 ____ soft an tasty. (5,3)
  6. 8 A tin a ____ save di day. (7)
  7. 12 The whole of something (3)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Actions & Verbs, Affection, Love & Romance, Animals, Plants & Nature, Body, Health & Appearance, Clothing & Style, Culture, Heritage & History, Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, Greetings & Conversation, Places & Directions, 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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