Bracket City Answers: Sep 7, 2026
The puzzle
Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested for s[blue-[color associated with Roy Biv's [spot for a frustrated [jazz pianist [most common [[Jackie of "Rush Hour"]nel you might get into] word]lonious 🎹]ey] initial 🌈]]ing the Mona [[slang for a subservient on[one around the b[unit of hair in a fairy tale] suggests popularity] follower 😍]son who is a ve[understand or obtain]arian]
The finished sentence
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September 7, 1911 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Simpson who is a vegetarian | Lisa |
| jazz pianist Thelonious 🎹 | monk |
| unit of hair in a fairy tale | lock |
| blue-green | teal |
| Channel you might get into | English |
| Jackie of "Rush Hour" | Chan |
| spot for a frustrated monkey | middle |
| one around the block suggests popularity | line |
| most common English word | The |
| color associated with Roy Biv's middle initial 🌈 | green |
| slang for a subservient online follower 😍 | Simp |
| understand or obtain | get |
About this Bracket City
The Monday, September 7, 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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