Bracket City Answers: Sep 13, 2026
The puzzle
hackers [say "sit," "stay," or "thou shalt not [one way to go from [place for [what Midas [↩️ U-➡️ ___ ⬅️ of phrase 🗣️]ed stuff into]] to [unit of time sometimes [delicious [fruit depicted by Andy ["1234 I declare a [word after Tom or opposable] ___"]hol for an iconic album cover] confection]] 🚨]" ⌘]eer The New York Times website
The finished sentence
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September 13, 1998 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| what Midas turned stuff into | gold |
| word after Tom or opposable | thumb |
| fruit depicted by Andy Warhol for an iconic album cover | banana |
| "1234 I declare a thumb ___" | War |
| one way to go from first to second 🚨 | steal |
| delicious banana confection | split |
| ↩️ U-➡️ ___ ⬅️ of phrase 🗣️ | turn |
| say "sit," "stay," or "thou shalt not steal" ⌘ | command |
| place for gold | first |
| unit of time sometimes split | second |
About this Bracket City
The Sunday, September 13, 2026 puzzle nested 10 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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