Bracket City Answers: Oct 4, 2026
The puzzle
Pope Paul VI celebrates [energy = ___ x [[word after baby 🤰 or [shape made by closing your [round of poker] tightly with your fingers bent into your palm] 😎] in the road?] of [like some bulbs and ["___ before liquor, never been [it might mean [temperature of [percent of shots you miss that you don't take per Wayne Gretzky, per Michael Scott].4°F or above]ish or very [[___ up 💥, ___ dry 👩🦰] on or refrigerate, e.g.]]er"]s]^2] at Yankee Stadium
The finished sentence
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October 4, 1965 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| energy = ___ x speed of light^2 | Mass |
| bump in the road? | speed |
| blow on or refrigerate, e.g. | cool |
| it might mean feverish or very cool | sick |
| ___ up 💥, ___ dry 👩🦰 | blow |
| percent of shots you miss that you don't take per Wayne Gretzky, per Michael Scott | 100 |
| word after baby 🤰 or fist 😎 | bump |
| temperature of 100.4°F or above | fever |
| round of poker | hand |
| "___ before liquor, never been sicker" | beer |
| shape made by closing your hand tightly with your fingers bent into your palm | fist |
| like some bulbs and beers | light |
About this Bracket City
The Sunday, October 4, 2026 puzzle nested 12 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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