Bracket City Answers: Aug 25, 2026
The puzzle
inst[[[hole from which a [⚾️ "a swing and a" ➡️ ___ ⬅️ Piggy 🐽]ile is launched 🌾] site] with many [kind of vision that is singularly [what needs to be adjusted if the image is [busy day, in retrospect 😶🌫️]ry]ed 🚇️]s] n[a fun way to say "a [[🌊 [enemy of a [Tank frequented by entrepreneurs 📺️], on stage] ➡️ ___ ⬅️ mask 🚨💰️🚨]m ➡️ 1% ➡️ 2% ➡️ ___] lot"] debut in Japan
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August 25, 1958 — read the story.
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| farm with many tunnels | ant |
| silo site | farm |
| what needs to be adjusted if the image is blurry | focus |
| Tank frequented by entrepreneurs 📺️ | Shark |
| a fun way to say "a whole lot" | oodles |
| 🌊 jet ➡️ ___ ⬅️ mask 🚨💰️🚨 | ski |
| skim ➡️ 1% ➡️ 2% ➡️ ___ | whole |
| hole from which a missile is launched 🌾 | silo |
| enemy of a Shark, on stage | jet |
| busy day, in retrospect 😶🌫️ | blur |
| ⚾️ "a swing and a" ➡️ ___ ⬅️ Piggy 🐽 | miss |
| kind of vision that is singularly focused 🚇️ | tunnel |
About this Bracket City
The Tuesday, August 25, 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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