Bracket City Answers: Sep 27, 2026
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)
The finished sentence
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September 27, 1998 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| shape you are if you're not "there" | square |
| "the only thing we have to ___ is ___ itself" - FDR | fear |
| glasses sometimes worn by those with 20/20 | Sun |
| "word" feared by commitment-phobes | L |
| tech company that sounds like a really big number 🔍️ | |
| you might keep a double one away from the salsa | Dipper |
| word after bulletproof or shot | glass |
| someone who's bent out of it is agitated | shape |
| size of a Dipper that's (Ursa) Major | big |
| the M in MLB (not to be confused with the M in MiLB) ⚾️ | Major |
| word after square 🤠 or Sun 🎥 | dance |
| burden of ➡️ ___ ⬅️reader | proof |
| Latin dance style that emerged in New York City in the late 1960s | salsa |
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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