Bracket City Answers: Sep 21, 2026
The puzzle
[[[land lived in by a dayd[~5[two-digit (?) [opposite of [Hood color for a Little girl with a wolf problem] on the road] number on a roulette wheel] sheets of paper]er]nne, [rou["Who ___ the Dogs Out?" (Baha Men query)]te betting option favored by Wesley [fire at from a distance]s], or Kerouac]son who played professional football 🏈 *and* baseball ⚾️]ris Yelt[one [bigger and more affectionate cousin of a mouse]tled off at confession ✝️] suspends parliament
The finished sentence
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September 21, 1993 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| fire at from a distance | Snipe |
| "Who ___ the Dogs Out?" (Baha Men query) | let |
| Jackson who played professional football 🏈 *and* baseball ⚾️ | Bo |
| two-digit (?) green number on a roulette wheel | 00 |
| roulette betting option favored by Wesley Snipes | Black |
| LaLanne, Black, or Kerouac | Jack |
| land lived in by a daydreamer | LaLa |
| bigger and more affectionate cousin of a mouse | rat |
| ~500 sheets of paper | ream |
| one rattled off at confession ✝️ | sin |
| opposite of red on the road | green |
| Hood color for a Little girl with a wolf problem | red |
About this Bracket City
The Monday, September 21, 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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