Bracket City Answers: Sep 28, 2026
The puzzle
eight "[[fruit d[[forerunner to r[o[Kilmer of "Top Gun" 🛩️🕶️]oid food that is the source of the word "ovalo[Freudian companion of ego and [enthusiastic exclamation or [🎶 "love will tear us ___, again" 🎶]ment building maintainer]ego]"]ae and rock["going ___" (when you make it official with your main squeeze)]]ting facility 🛼⛸️] served in bowl]ed eye color] [[life era for a crisis]dling, when repeated]x" are indicted
The finished sentence
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September 28, 1920 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| fruit drink served in bowl | punch |
| "going ___" (when you make it official with your main squeeze) | steady |
| enthusiastic exclamation or apartment building maintainer | super |
| punched eye color | Black |
| forerunner to reggae and rocksteady | ska |
| 🎶 "love will tear us ___, again" 🎶 | apart |
| ovaloid food that is the source of the word "ovaloid" | egg |
| Kilmer of "Top Gun" 🛩️🕶️ | val |
| skating facility 🛼⛸️ | rink |
| middling, when repeated | So |
| Freudian companion of ego and superego | id |
| life era for a crisis | mid |
About this Bracket City
The Monday, September 28, 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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