Bracket City Answers: Oct 16, 2026
The puzzle
Jadwiga is crowned [chess piece that turns [Sheen or [[Saturday and Sunday, vis-à-vis the [half a [sleepover structure made of pillows]night]] of the stick you don't ["[use carelessly, as time or food 🗑️] not, ___ not"] 🩳]] Luther from a monk into a reverend] of [country whose language ["___ over there!" you say, as you abscond with yet another [a [skip ahead in line] above (the shoulders)] Costas standee 👀]s like nail lacquer 💅]
The finished sentence
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October 16, 1384 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sheen or Short | Martin |
| use carelessly, as time or food 🗑️ | waste |
| "waste not, ___ not" | want |
| end of the stick you don't want 🩳 | Short |
| skip ahead in line | cut |
| half a fortnight | week |
| Saturday and Sunday, vis-à-vis the week | end |
| "___ over there!" you say, as you abscond with yet another Bob Costas standee 👀 | look |
| country whose language looks like nail lacquer 💅 | Poland |
| a cut above (the shoulders) | Bob |
| chess piece that turns Martin Luther from a monk into a reverend | King |
| sleepover structure made of pillows | fort |
About this Bracket City
The Friday, October 16, 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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