Bracket City Answers: Sep 8, 2026
The puzzle
[[letter before "T[execute at the gallows]" (Dre, "Nuthin' but a") or "String" (Bach, "["up in the ___" (uncertain)] on the")]M competitor 🚘️] pardons [[fire, [notorious body s[appeal to a higher [[industry ___ (one with ill-gotten fame) 🌱] that might not be good for the environment]] 🪓], or [something hit by the [kind of walking without waking]y] 🗑️]cel]on
The finished sentence
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Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| cancel | Nix |
| kind of walking without waking | sleep |
| something hit by the sleepy | sack |
| letter before "Thang" (Dre, "Nuthin' but a") or "String" (Bach, "Air on the") | G |
| notorious body spray 🪓 | axe |
| fire, axe, or sack 🗑️ | can |
| execute at the gallows | hang |
| industry ___ (one with ill-gotten fame) 🌱 | plant |
| GM competitor 🚘️ | Ford |
| appeal to a higher power | pray |
| "up in the ___" (uncertain) | Air |
| plant that might not be good for the environment | power |
About this Bracket City
The Tuesday, September 8, 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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