Bracket City Answers: Aug 21, 2026
The puzzle
villagers in [something the [man whose [Special cereal letter]rypto[something [word after [a rough one still needs editing 🍺] or tooth]ed by the pe[🕺 Dapper ➡️ ___ ⬅️ Radcliffe 🪄]tic]e is kryp[[MM] pounds of fun]ite]stitious do on [fuel for the [famously red ["check ___" (much-ignored dashboard light) ⚠️]]] ✊] report an apparition
The finished sentence
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August 21, 1879 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2000 pounds of fun | ton |
| "check ___" (much-ignored dashboard light) ⚠️ | engine |
| MM | 2000 |
| something the superstitious do on wood ✊ | Knock |
| Special cereal letter | k |
| word after draft or tooth | pick |
| man whose kryptonite is kryptonite | super |
| 🕺 Dapper ➡️ ___ ⬅️ Radcliffe 🪄 | dan |
| fuel for the fire | wood |
| famously red engine | fire |
| a rough one still needs editing 🍺 | draft |
| something picked by the pedantic | nit |
About this Bracket City
The Friday, August 21, 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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