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Whispers of Regional Tongues
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
  • 1. A dialect word meaning to rebuke or scold sharply
  • 2. A Scottish term for moving restlessly or bustling about
  • 4. Brief, forceful, and meaningful – also used regionally in literary dialect
  • 5. A dialect word for a two-pronged spear or forked tool
  • 8. A small amount, often used in Scots or Northern dialects
  • 11. Scottish for drizzly, dull, and gloomy weather
  • 12. Northern English dialect word for saliva or mucus
  • 14. To squat or sit firmly, used in Scottish and Northern English dialects
  • 16. Nautical and dialect word meaning ready or quick to respond
Down
  • 3. An old Scots word meaning twilight or dusk
  • 6. A dialect term for a chimney or smoke stack
  • 7. To chatter idly or gossip, used in northern English dialects
  • 9. A tangled or coiled length of thread, sometimes used in dialects
  • 10. Dialect term for a flirtatious or disreputable woman
  • 13. A narrow passage between buildings, common in Northern England dialect
  • 15. A dialect word from Northern England for a small sharp stone
  • 17. A thin membrane sometimes covering a newborn's head; also dialect for a veil
  • 18. A dialect term for a small trickle or stream
  • 19. Dialect for a small cut or notch

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