Bracket City Answers: Oct 25, 2026
The puzzle
"[it's next [used a [[body part unheeded by a fool in [[a "cay" or "key" is a low-lying one made of [orange-pink 🪸]] that certainly has a lot of lust 📺️]] of an academic de["there are no small ___s, only small [the aptly named Thespis was the [fancier class than business ✈️] recorded one]s"]ment]]ur["may___!" (distress signal that was chosen to sound like the French "m'aider," which literally means "to help me")] 😱]" premieres
The finished sentence
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October 25, 1978 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "may___!" (distress signal that was chosen to sound like the French "m'aider," which literally means "to help me") | day |
| "there are no small ___s, only small actors" | part |
| Island that certainly has a lot of lust 📺️ | love |
| a "cay" or "key" is a low-lying one made of coral | Island |
| body part unheeded by a fool in love | head |
| fancier class than business ✈️ | first |
| head of an academic department | chair |
| it's next Saturday 😱 | Halloween |
| orange-pink 🪸 | coral |
| the aptly named Thespis was the first recorded one | actor |
| used a chair | Sat |
About this Bracket City
The Sunday, October 25, 2026 puzzle nested 11 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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