Patois Crossword

Standard · Medium · No. 70:00

Patois Crossword: Standard · Medium · No. 7

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. 1 Strong, sturdy, fearless, and full of fortitude despite small size (8)
  2. 3 A traditional Jamaican dance and celebration (8)
  3. 6 To go, move on, or make one's way to a place — and also to progress or advance (7)
  4. 8 The instrumental backing track of a reggae or dancehall song (6)
  5. 11 A crowd, crew, or collective of people (7)
  6. 12 Cannot — the negative of 'can', with the distinctive Patois 'cy' glide (4)
  7. 14 A cooling street treat of finely shaved ice packed into a cup or a ball… (8)

Down

  1. 1 To take — in the full range of English senses (3)
  2. 2 Two nearly opposite things, told apart by tone (6)
  3. 4 The biggest festive season of the Jamaican year (9)
  4. 5 The deliberately modified language of Rastafari (6)
  5. 6 The Patois pronunciation of '____' (6)
  6. 7 A Rastafari — especially one who wears dreadlocks (5)
  7. 9 A light, fine rain — a gentle sprinkle rather than a downpour (7)
  8. 10 To manage — to cope, get by, or make do with what little there is (6)
  9. 13 God, in Rastafari belief (3)

Where the words come from

Every answer is an entry in the Patois dictionary. This puzzle draws on: Actions & Verbs, Animals, Plants & Nature, Culture, Heritage & History, Descriptions & Emotions, Food & Drink, Grammar & Function Words, Music, Reggae & Dancehall, People & Relationships. 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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