Bracket City Answers: Aug 7, 2026
The puzzle
A[sco[[🗞️ freedom of the ➡️ ___ ⬅️ [plug in 🪫]s 🚨] or prod] of the [[really bad [activity we are told "doesn't pay"] 😵]:crows::___:[[starting spot in ["the kissing disease"]poly] ___ (simple card game)]]child's [sell [word (ironically?) before noon]market tickets for a profit]] Huyler Ramsey and her friends drive cross-country
The finished sentence
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August 7, 1909 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Go ___ (simple card game) | fish |
| really bad crime 😵 | murder |
| "the kissing disease" | Mono |
| scourge of the schoolchild's scalp | lice |
| starting spot in Monopoly | Go |
| press or prod | urge |
| murder:crows::___:fish | school |
| sell aftermarket tickets for a profit | scalp |
| plug in 🪫 | charge |
| word (ironically?) before noon | after |
| activity we are told "doesn't pay" | crime |
| 🗞️ freedom of the ➡️ ___ ⬅️ charges 🚨 | press |
About this Bracket City
The Friday, August 7, 2026 puzzle nested 12 clues inside one sentence, written by Ben Gross. Bracket City is solved from the inside out: each innermost [bracket] is a clue whose answer replaces it, which turns the next bracket around it into a solvable clue, until a single sentence is left — usually tied to something that happened on this date.
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