Bracket City Answers: Aug 13, 2026
The puzzle
Opha [the [to come [["and this is a ___ ["___ un___" (phrase spoken while twice bending the index and middle fingers with remaining fingers kept curled)]" 🎬️]ion you wake ☕️] this is to not have enough 📏]est month?] Johnson becomes the first female [💎 aqua➡️ ___ ⬅️ [pa[___tag (like a scr[Store with [like 12 Men in a movie 😡] Birds]y team that just might win this thing)]raph you might write about yourself in the [place standing on the [🎶 i➡️ ___ ⬅️cast 🎤]ium closest to the ground] person]logist 🪸🐙🐬🐳🪸]
The finished sentence
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August 13, 1918 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| the shortest month? | May |
| like 12 Men in a movie 😡 | Angry |
| place standing on the podium closest to the ground | third |
| "and this is a ___ quote" 🎬️ | direct |
| to come up this is to not have enough 📏 | short |
| direction you wake ☕️ | up |
| 🎶 i➡️ ___ ⬅️cast 🎤 | pod |
| 💎 aqua➡️ ___ ⬅️ biologist 🪸🐙🐬🐳🪸 | Marine |
| Store with Angry Birds | app |
| "___ un___" (phrase spoken while twice bending the index and middle fingers with remaining fingers kept curled) | quote |
| ___tag (like a scrappy team that just might win this thing) | rag |
| paragraph you might write about yourself in the third person | bio |
About this Bracket City
The Thursday, August 13, 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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