HEX SIGNS II
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Feb. 1992
Mike Shenk

Each answer in this puzzle is six letters long. Each clue consists of a sentence from which these six letters have been removed and replaced by asterisks. The object is to re-instate the missing letters (supplying spacing as needed) to complete a sensible sentence. As a solving hint, each clue contains a synonym or short definition of the answer word. For example, given the clue

At state dinners in Washing******sts will rarely use foul language.

The answer word would be TONGUE, which completes the sentence

At state dinners in WashinTON GUEsts will rarely use foul language.

The word language is a synonym for TONGUE.

1. Is Dian******ture goddess?
2. Most roadsi******ls charge a lower rate than resorts.
3. At twilight, I find the cool stillnes******tling.
4. My bank refuse******d me the money to open a hot dog stand.
5. May chil******oose not to bathe except when forced by their parents.
6. Odysseus knew he was one step closer to freedom when Poseidon lowered hi******nt.
7. The sculptor dabbled in kineti******ce, making a mobile out of two spheres and a box.
8. Though many Dallas stores sell cheap copies, we sell only authenti******tar State flags.
9. Only an exceptionally athletic teenager mak******ecord book before he gets out of high school.

Answers:

1. DianA THE NAture  (goddess)
2. roadsiDE MOTEls  (lower)
3. stillnesS UNSETtling  (twilight)
4. refuseS TO LENd  (hot)
5. chilDREN CHoose  (bathe)
6. hiS TRIDEnt  (step)
7. kinetiC ART ONce  (box)
8. authentiC LONE Star  (copies)
9. makES THE Record  (book [of the Old Testament])