Bracket City Answers: Sep 3, 2026
The puzzle
the Treaty of [["___ 'er there" 🤝]t-putt [s[ripped] with a [[use a c[unit of [dry kind of bathing]shine]on 🖍️] of a classic Twizzler] bulls[an ___ for an ___, says [[temporary eye color 👊] [golfer's cry 🏌️♀️]st ➡️ ___ ⬅️-handed]murabi] logo] score]is ends the American War of Independence
The finished sentence
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September 3, 1783 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| store with a red bullseye logo | target |
| dry kind of bathing | sun |
| ripped | tore |
| color of a classic Twizzler | red |
| "___ 'er there" 🤝 | put |
| temporary eye color 👊 | Black |
| use a crayon 🖍️ | color |
| golfer's cry 🏌️♀️ | Fore |
| putt-putt target score | Par |
| unit of sunshine | ray |
| an ___ for an ___, says Hammurabi | eye |
| Black Forest ➡️ ___ ⬅️-handed | Ham |
About this Bracket City
The Thursday, September 3, 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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