Patois Crossword

Standard · Medium · No. 20:00

Patois Crossword: Standard · Medium · No. 2

A medium 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. Medium: A wider vocabulary. Clues are the meaning, and you can have wrong letters marked but never shown the answer.

Across

  1. 5 The small, quick, weasel-like animal introduced to Jamaica in the 1800s to control… (8)
  2. 6 A cat — the ordinary household or yard cat (4)
  3. 10 A large starchy cousin of the banana, eaten cooked rather than raw (8)
  4. 12 The ____ — and, by extension, the beach or seaside (3)
  5. 13 Snobbish, uppity, and high-society — stuck-up and putting on grand, upper-class airs (9)
  6. 15 A traditional rotating savings scheme in which a group of people each pay a fixed sum (7)
  7. 16 To be scared or startled — 'mi ____' means 'I'm frightened' (8)

Down

  1. 1 Calm, relaxed, and all right — at ease and free of trouble (4)
  2. 2 Excellent, exciting, or top-quality (5)
  3. 3 The old commercial heart of Kingston near the waterfront (8)
  4. 4 An exclusive, custom recording made for one sound system (8)
  5. 7 A public communal water tap on a post, set in a yard, lane, or street corner (9)
  6. 8 Chatting or half-singing rhythmically over a riddim (8)
  7. 9 A close female friend, or a group of women bound together by friendship and mutual support (7)
  8. 11 The morning worship that opens the school day in Jamaica (8)
  9. 14 A very small silvery fish, fried whole and crisp — bones and all (5)

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, Music, Reggae & Dancehall, People & Relationships, Places & Directions. 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.

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