The puzzle

[tech company that sounds like a really [size of a [you might keep a double one away from the [Latin [word after [[someone who's bent out of it is agitated] you are if you're not "there"] 🤠 or [[word after bullet[burden of ➡️ ___ ⬅️reader] or shot]es sometimes worn by those with 20/20] 🎥] style that emerged in New York City in the late 1960s]] that's (Ursa) [the M in M["word" ["the only thing we have to ___ is ___ itself" - FDR]ed by commitment-phobes]B (not to be confused with the M in MiLB) ⚾️]] number 🔍️] is born (kind of)

Final answer

The finished sentence

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Google is born (kind of)

September 27, 1998 — read the story.

Every clue, solved

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ClueAnswer
shape you are if you're not "there"square
"the only thing we have to ___ is ___ itself" - FDRfear
glasses sometimes worn by those with 20/20Sun
"word" feared by commitment-phobesL
tech company that sounds like a really big number 🔍️Google
you might keep a double one away from the salsaDipper
word after bulletproof or shotglass
someone who's bent out of it is agitatedshape
size of a Dipper that's (Ursa) Majorbig
the M in MLB (not to be confused with the M in MiLB) ⚾️Major
word after square 🤠 or Sun 🎥dance
burden of ➡️ ___ ⬅️readerproof
Latin dance style that emerged in New York City in the late 1960ssalsa

About this Bracket City

The Sunday, September 27, 2026 puzzle nested 13 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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