Bracket City Answers: Aug 15, 2026
The puzzle
[number before [flirtier cousin of the ["___ [how often per day a stopped clock is [most common dominant hand]]" (entreaty to someone whose mouth is taped shut 👀)]]s 😴 or niners 🏈]0,000 people descend on [min's oppo[take care of a [[cumin or cardamon] [Manic Pixie [a bad one is a night[foal's mom]] ___ 👧] who was, in fact, an adult] or pet]e] Yasgur's dairy farm
The finished sentence
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August 15, 1969 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| most common dominant hand | right |
| number before winks 😴 or niners 🏈 | 40 |
| a bad one is a nightmare | Dream |
| Manic Pixie Dream ___ 👧 | Girl |
| min's opposite | Max |
| "___ twice" (entreaty to someone whose mouth is taped shut 👀) | blink |
| foal's mom | mare |
| take care of a baby or pet | sit |
| cumin or cardamon | Spice |
| flirtier cousin of the blink | wink |
| how often per day a stopped clock is right | twice |
| Spice Girl who was, in fact, an adult | baby |
About this Bracket City
The Saturday, August 15, 2026 puzzle nested 12 clues inside one sentence, written by Madeline Weinstein. 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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