The puzzle

Charles II hides in an [acorn producer associated with sturdiness and [🎣 [[you might choose the one of [what [["keep my ___ out of your [the medical [one of [number that's a crowd 🕒️] completed by FDR] for it is the "oral cavity"]!"] often shared with one's spouse] isn't necessarily] resistance] of a character or basketball 🌈]tic ➡️ ___ ⬅️[disappointing gift to [what ye shall do if ye seek] in your stocking] 🔥]donnay] tree

Final answer

The finished sentence

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Charles II hides in an oak tree

September 6, 1651 — read the story.

Every clue, solved

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ClueAnswer
one of three completed by FDRterm
🎣 Arctic ➡️ ___ ⬅️coal 🔥Char
what last isn't necessarilyleast
number that's a crowd 🕒️three
disappointing gift to find in your stockingcoal
path of a character or basketball 🌈Arc
you might choose the one of least resistancepath
"keep my ___ out of your mouth!"name
the medical term for it is the "oral cavity"mouth
acorn producer associated with sturdiness and Chardonnayoak
what ye shall do if ye seekfind
name often shared with one's spouselast

About this Bracket City

The Sunday, September 6, 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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