Bracket City Answers: Aug 23, 2026
The puzzle
Eunice Newton Foote demonstrates the mechanism of the [[[number of Ds for a [[China only has one of these zones] many parents try to limit]ing of the Odyssey that might leave you soaked 💦]-letter sin that sounds like it's two]'s color][if it's on this it's [[[misplace] on purpose] made my Steph [word that's likely derived from the south [Bolly : ___ :: [type of boughs that Deck the Halls] : the USA]n (Dravidian) word "kari" 😋] more than 90% of the time] 🧑🍳] effect
The finished sentence
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August 23, 1856 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| envy's color | green |
| four-letter sin that sounds like it's two | envy |
| China only has one of these zones | time |
| Bolly : ___ :: Holly : the USA | India |
| throw made my Steph Curry more than 90% of the time | free |
| misplace | lose |
| type of boughs that Deck the Halls | Holly |
| time many parents try to limit | screen |
| word that's likely derived from the south Indian (Dravidian) word "kari" 😋 | Curry |
| lose on purpose | throw |
| number of Ds for a screening of the Odyssey that might leave you soaked 💦 | four |
| if it's on this it's free 🧑🍳 | house |
About this Bracket City
The Sunday, August 23, 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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