Bracket City Answers: Sep 16, 2026
The puzzle
The first p[[[a fun one (e.g. wombats poop cubes) will [word hollered by erstwhile-hid[locus for a [sometimes-gummy hibernator] or a plasma TV] partygoers 🥳] and delight your companions]ory sometimes threatened by disappointed racehorse owners] tempe[creature smelled by a suspicious mob boss]ure for a crafter's gun]o[s[[[one of four in a regulation NBA game 🪙] in Paris that is home to the Sor[word before voyage 👋 or appétit 🍕]ne 🏛️] version of the prefix "tetra" 🦵] car occupant 🚓]ier is introduced
The finished sentence
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September 16, 1959 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| locus for a bear or a plasma TV | den |
| a fun one (e.g. wombats poop cubes) will surprise and delight your companions | fact |
| squad car occupant 🚓 | cop |
| word before voyage 👋 or appétit 🍕 | bon |
| factory sometimes threatened by disappointed racehorse owners | glue |
| Quarter in Paris that is home to the Sorbonne 🏛️ | latin |
| latin version of the prefix "tetra" 🦵 | quad |
| word hollered by erstwhile-hidden partygoers 🥳 | surprise |
| glue temperature for a crafter's gun | hot |
| sometimes-gummy hibernator | bear |
| creature smelled by a suspicious mob boss | rat |
| one of four in a regulation NBA game 🪙 | Quarter |
About this Bracket City
The Wednesday, September 16, 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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