Bracket City Answers: Oct 20, 2026
The puzzle
the Re[[The [🎸 [strip of citrus p[ser[write, by [___-me-down] 🐖]tine swimmer] 🍸️]ed ➡️ ___ ⬅️ Act 🎶✝️🎶]hood of the Traveling ___] igniter 🔥👖🔥]f of ["this ___ [[[lap taken by a show[we are all in the same one, it is said]er], for (very) short]ord shortened to "w" by many texters]out saying" (apparently not)]
The finished sentence
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October 20, 1572 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| serpentine swimmer | eel |
| we are all in the same one, it is said | boat |
| word shortened to "w" by many texters | with |
| pants igniter 🔥👖🔥 | lie |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling ___ | pants |
| lap taken by a showboater | victory |
| strip of citrus peel 🍸️ | Twist |
| victory, for (very) short | w |
| "this ___ without saying" (apparently not) | Goes |
| ___-me-down | hand |
| 🎸 Twisted ➡️ ___ ⬅️ Act 🎶✝️🎶 | Sister |
| write, by hand 🐖 | pen |
About this Bracket City
The Tuesday, October 20, 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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