Bracket City Answers: Oct 21, 2026
The puzzle
the T[your mother's mother's [female [magazine unit]?] who's not your m["you should see the ___ guy" 🤕]]on [a [topmost arc of the rain[🙇♀️ [something that begins with "action" and ends with "[drop from the roster]" 🎬️] a ➡️ ___ ⬅️ and arrow 🏹]] one might be a reason not to [fruit you might write next to your sig[word after human or [one of 604,800 in a week] or Naughty By] 🌴] someone] is adopted
The finished sentence
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October 21, 1774 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| topmost arc of the rainbow | red |
| drop from the roster | cut |
| "you should see the ___ guy" 🤕 | other |
| a red one might be a reason not to date someone | Flag |
| something that begins with "action" and ends with "cut" 🎬️ | take |
| word after human or second or Naughty By | nature |
| female issue? | daughter |
| magazine unit | issue |
| fruit you might write next to your signature 🌴 | date |
| 🙇♀️ take a ➡️ ___ ⬅️ and arrow 🏹 | bow |
| your mother's mother's daughter who's not your mother | aunt |
| one of 604,800 in a week | second |
About this Bracket City
The Wednesday, October 21, 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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