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

Final answer

The finished sentence

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"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" appears in Rolling Stone

November 11, 1971 — read the story.

Every clue, solved

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ClueAnswer
baby bearcub
give up, as a habit 🦵➡️kick
not wellill
one might get piercedear
owl outbursthoot
pizza ➡️ ___ ⬅️ in the skypie
scrapers full of officessky
the President takes one of officeoath
unit of comedybit
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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