Bracket City Answers: Oct 5, 2026
The puzzle
the Jarrow [🏛️🔑🏛️ [mon[🚪🚪🚪 skeleton ➡️ ___ ⬅️ lime [🫰 easy as ➡️ ___ ⬅️ chart]] in the ➡️ ___ ⬅️ [trigger ➡️ ___ ⬅️ [ wet ➡️ ___ ⬅️ by [☎️ wrong ➡️ ___ ⬅️ of the beast]s]ing 🖐️] 🤬]➡️ ___ ⬅️ of the [[["[👪️ flesh and ➡️ ___ ⬅️ sweat, and [wear and ➡️ ___ ⬅️ gas 😶🌫️]s] is thicker than" ➡️ ___ ⬅️ gun 🔫] ➡️ ___ ⬅️ of youth 👵👶] ➡️ ___ ⬅️ pal 📬️]guins 🐧🐧🐧] begins
The finished sentence
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October 5, 1936 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 🫰 easy as ➡️ ___ ⬅️ chart | pie |
| "blood is thicker than" ➡️ ___ ⬅️ gun 🔫 | water |
| 👪️ flesh and ➡️ ___ ⬅️ sweat, and tears | blood |
| wear and ➡️ ___ ⬅️ gas 😶🌫️ | tear |
| ☎️ wrong ➡️ ___ ⬅️ of the beast | number |
| water ➡️ ___ ⬅️ of youth 👵👶 | fountain |
| 🏛️🔑🏛️ Middle➡️ ___ ⬅️ of the Penguins 🐧🐧🐧 | March |
| monkey in the ➡️ ___ ⬅️ finger 🤬 | Middle |
| trigger ➡️ ___ ⬅️ painting 🖐️ | finger |
| fountain ➡️ ___ ⬅️ pal 📬️ | Pen |
| 🚪🚪🚪 skeleton ➡️ ___ ⬅️ lime pie | key |
| wet ➡️ ___ ⬅️ by numbers | paint |
About this Bracket City
The Monday, October 5, 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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