Patois Crossword

Standard · Medium · No. 80:00

Patois Crossword: Standard · Medium · No. 8

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. 3 Working hard and resourcefully to earn a living (8)
  2. 7 To hire a taxi (or bus) exclusively for yourself (7)
  3. 9 A masquerade tradition performed at Christmas (8)
  4. 12 An affectionate term for a serious, committed girlfriend or wife (5)
  5. 13 The world-famous Jamaican music genre that grew out of rocksteady around 1968 (6)
  6. 14 A Rastafari term of address and greeting for a brethren (4)
  7. 15 A close friend, companion, or running partner — one of your tight-knit circle (7)
  8. 16 A classic dancehall dance move of the early 1990s (5)

Down

  1. 1 To talk or speak (4)
  2. 2 A tough, woody climbing vine ('withe') that hangs from trees and winds through the bush (4)
  3. 4 A short-distance runner (8)
  4. 5 Going on; carry on (5)
  5. 6 The smallest parish in Jamaica, on the north-west coast, with its capital at Lucea (7)
  6. 8 On a sound system, the art of mixing and blending riddims and tunes to keep a dance going (8)
  7. 10 To ____ — 'sit' plus 'down' run together, with the 'ow' rounded to 'ung' (7)
  8. 11 A wild, sprawling bitter vine (7)

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, Culture, Heritage & History, Dance, Party & Celebration, Food & Drink, Greetings & Conversation, Money, Work & Business, People & Relationships, Places & Directions, Rastafari & Iyaric, Sports & Games, Transport & Travel. 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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