The puzzle

"el héroe de Nac[certain [G[[[oft-muted kind of [___bot (e.g. your AIM "buddy" SmarterChild) 💬]] of lions]'s connection to Prejudice?]alf or Merlin]'s do[word before [make a dog toy [pip-___ 👦], or a ketchup bottle [kind of gun carried by the afore[@ some[✨ "___ night only" ✨] on Instagram]ed pip]] or character] 🧙🌪️🦁]ari"

Final answer

The finished sentence

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"el héroe de Nacozari"

November 7, 1907 — read the story.

Every clue, solved

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ClueAnswer
@ someone on Instagrammention
Gandalf or MerlinWizard
Pride's connection to Prejudice?and
___bot (e.g. your AIM "buddy" SmarterChild) 💬chat
certain Wizard's domain 🧙🌪️🦁oz
group of lionsPride
kind of gun carried by the aforementioned pipsquirt
make a dog toy squeak, or a ketchup bottle squirtsqueeze
oft-muted kind of chatgroup
pip-___ 👦squeak
word before squeeze or charactermain
✨ "___ night only" ✨one

About this Bracket City

The Saturday, November 7, 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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