Bracket City Answers: Aug 17, 2026
The puzzle
Quake [word after [elegant [Larry, [former name for a (typically) concise social media post]y, or Big] that is notably not always white] 🩰 Ricki 🎤 or before Pont[[[spot sought on a [signal projected skyward in Gotham] or racket]ie ➡️ ___ ⬅️ [part of a sandwich discarded by your mom]] with colorful, inedible [political is[apt name for a [Jude ➡️ ___ ⬅️ and Order (dun dun!)]yer] meant to divide 🥬]s]rain] is formed
The finished sentence
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August 17, 1959 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| spot sought on a bat or racket | sweet |
| signal projected skyward in Gotham | bat |
| Larry, Tweety, or Big | bird |
| word after Swan 🩰 Ricki 🎤 or before Pontchartrain | Lake |
| part of a sandwich discarded by your mom | crust |
| elegant bird that is notably not always white | Swan |
| political issue meant to divide 🥬 | wedge |
| Jude ➡️ ___ ⬅️ and Order (dun dun!) | law |
| pie with colorful, inedible wedges | chart |
| sweetie ➡️ ___ ⬅️ crust | pie |
| former name for a (typically) concise social media post | Tweet |
| apt name for a lawyer | sue |
About this Bracket City
The Monday, August 17, 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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