Bracket City Answers: Aug 12, 2026
The puzzle
NASA bounces Ei[[one in a set at the [[🥣 Cinnamon Toast ➡️ ___ ⬅️ time ⏱️] or Equinox, e.g.]]'s upper-chambered counterpart]hower's voice off a 100-foot [one [no longer hungry] of hot [👃 br[🍽️ all-you-can-➡️ ___ ⬅️ "my dust!"🏎️💨]h of [opposite of [___ and [🎶 "I Heard It Through the Grape___" 🎶]gar (inexplicably popular [sometimes hot tuber] chip flavor)] when it comes to water] ➡️ ___ ⬅️ Jordan 👟]] in orbit
The finished sentence
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August 12, 1960 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| no longer hungry | full |
| one in a set at the gym | Rep |
| opposite of salt when it comes to water | fresh |
| Rep's upper-chambered counterpart | sen |
| Crunch or Equinox, e.g. | gym |
| 🥣 Cinnamon Toast ➡️ ___ ⬅️ time ⏱️ | Crunch |
| one full of hot air | balloon |
| 👃 breath of fresh ➡️ ___ ⬅️ Jordan 👟 | air |
| 🍽️ all-you-can-➡️ ___ ⬅️ "my dust!"🏎️💨 | eat |
| ___ and vinegar (inexplicably popular potato chip flavor) | salt |
| 🎶 "I Heard It Through the Grape___" 🎶 | vine |
| sometimes hot tuber | potato |
About this Bracket City
The Wednesday, August 12, 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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