Bracket City Answers: Nov 11, 2026
The puzzle
"F[one might get [pizza ➡️ ___ ⬅️ in the [s[✂️ "cut the" ➡️ ___ ⬅️ s[owl outburst] 🎲]ers full of offices]]rced] and L[the Pre[useful kind of [give up, as a ha[unit of comedy] 🦵➡️] for a superhero?]nt takes one of off[🎤 Van[not well]a ➡️ ___ ⬅️ [baby bear]e 🧊]]ing in Las Vegas" appears in Rolling Stone
The finished sentence
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November 11, 1971 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| baby bear | cub |
| give up, as a habit 🦵➡️ | kick |
| not well | ill |
| one might get pierced | ear |
| owl outburst | hoot |
| pizza ➡️ ___ ⬅️ in the sky | pie |
| scrapers full of offices | sky |
| the President takes one of office | oath |
| unit of comedy | bit |
| useful kind of kick for a superhero? | side |
| ✂️ "cut the" ➡️ ___ ⬅️ shoot 🎲 | crap |
| 🎤 Vanilla ➡️ ___ ⬅️ cube 🧊 | ice |
About this Bracket City
The Wednesday, November 11, 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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