Bracket City Answers: Sep 29, 2026
The puzzle
Rudolf [when it's [[what they call a [group of musicians or [noodleless soup]ers]-Aid in 🇬🇧] signing surface after a [🙈 t[oxidized Belt that includes (insults?) O[succinct greeting]o, Penns[spooky suffix with Trans 🧛♂️], and Michigan] ➡️ ___ ⬅️ through the [d[it generally covers less ground than a car[store you aren't so sure is the best place for those puppies]] deemed wack in the 1980s by Keith Haring]s 🕳️] 🩼], you've crossed the point of no return]sel mysteriously vanishes
The finished sentence
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September 29, 1913 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| it generally covers less ground than a carpet | rug |
| group of musicians or Brothers | Band |
| spooky suffix with Trans 🧛♂️ | ylvania |
| 🙈 trust ➡️ ___ ⬅️ through the cracks 🕳️ | fall |
| plaster signing surface after a fall 🩼 | cast |
| oxidized Belt that includes (insults?) Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan | rust |
| store you aren't so sure is the best place for those puppies | pet |
| when it's cast, you've crossed the point of no return | Die |
| what they call a Band-Aid in 🇬🇧 | plaster |
| drug deemed wack in the 1980s by Keith Haring | crack |
| noodleless soup | Broth |
| succinct greeting | hi |
About this Bracket City
The Tuesday, September 29, 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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