Bracket City Answers: Aug 31, 2026
The puzzle
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable [[you generally want to put your [👔 your Sunday ➡️ ___ ⬅️-case s[WWE's [first name for a [work really, really hard]et 🚽] you can't see]rio 📈] one [pass along a hilarious e[the chain variety is associated with k[to go "___" (x2) is to go to sleep 😴]s] to your g[[Park created by S[ring___ (yours was the Mission Impossible theme in 2007)] (and Parker)] African capital]children, e.g.]] part]oon
The finished sentence
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August 31, 1895 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| work really, really hard | toil |
| pass along a hilarious email to your grandchildren, e.g. | forward |
| 👔 your Sunday ➡️ ___ ⬅️-case scenario 📈 | best |
| foot part | ball |
| WWE's John you can't see | cena |
| ring___ (yours was the Mission Impossible theme in 2007) | tone |
| to go "___" (x2) is to go to sleep 😴 | night |
| South African capital | rand |
| Park created by Stone (and Parker) | South |
| the chain variety is associated with knights | |
| first name for a toilet 🚽 | John |
| you generally want to put your best one forward | foot |
About this Bracket City
The Monday, August 31, 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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