The puzzle

Baronet Cecil Chubb buys [projec[___ (gr[take ___ (order food or a hit)]) ___] to be avoided by those in [material for a weak [iconic part of a Tyrannosaurus [Oe[[like some ["I guess I didn't get the ___" 🙄]ries and farewells]ue verb 📉 🧀]us ___ 👑] [one in a politician's c[🎶 "you better ___ yourself in the music, the [relation frequently thanked on TV]ent" 🎶]t, metaphorically (hopefully!)]] 🥊] houses]henge for £6,600

Final answer

The finished sentence

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Baronet Cecil Chubb buys Stonehenge for £6,600

September 15, 1915 — read the story.

Every clue, solved

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ClueAnswer
iconic part of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeletonjaw
one in a politician's closet, metaphorically (hopefully!)skeleton
___ (grout) ___tile
material for a weak jaw 🥊glass
relation frequently thanked on TVmom
take ___ (order food or a hit)out
projectile to be avoided by those in glass housesStone
like some memories and farewellsfond
Oedipus ___ 👑rex
fondue verb 📉 🧀dip
🎶 "you better ___ yourself in the music, the moment" 🎶lose
"I guess I didn't get the ___" 🙄memo

About this Bracket City

The Tuesday, September 15, 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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