Bracket City Answers: Sep 30, 2026
The puzzle
"The F[very flammable [less [like a party for a [a baker's dozen minus _-Eleven 🏪🥤]teen-year-old 🍭], as [when repeated, a situation that's [like the Vibrations the B[a [one hopped on in a Dr. S[supranational entity based in Brussels, for short 🇪🇺]ss classic 🍾]] Boys were picking up] for both of us]e] byproduct][O[the "foie" in "foie g[Amun-__ (top deity in Ancient Egypt)]s" 🇫🇷] or Emma 🎥]s" premieres on ABC
The finished sentence
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September 30, 1960 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| very flammable dryer byproduct | lint |
| one hopped on in a Dr. Seuss classic 🍾 | pop |
| when repeated, a situation that's good for both of us | win |
| a pop | each |
| Oliver or Emma 🎥 | stone |
| like a party for a sixteen-year-old 🍭 | sweet |
| like the Vibrations the Beach Boys were picking up | good |
| a baker's dozen minus _-Eleven 🏪🥤 | six |
| less sweet, as wine | dryer |
| Amun-__ (top deity in Ancient Egypt) | ra |
| supranational entity based in Brussels, for short 🇪🇺 | eu |
| the "foie" in "foie gras" 🇫🇷 | liver |
About this Bracket City
The Wednesday, September 30, 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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