Bracket City Answers: Nov 12, 2026
The puzzle
Pudge Heffel[💍 [nice thing to do in the new [a light one actually measures dis[sunbather's aim ☀️]ce]? 🔔] ➡️ ___ ⬅️ [it's boring to ["___ and learn" you say just before your underwater [you might give one to a s[movie featuring lightcycles 🔵〰️🔵]g (or weak) performer]stand fails [meower]astrophically] dry]ing 🖐️] becomes the first paid [[alternative to cursive]s that might help someone fol[blow that is below the belt] you]ball player
The finished sentence
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November 12, 1892 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "___ and learn" you say just before your underwater handstand fails catastrophically | watch |
| a light one actually measures distance | year |
| alternative to cursive | |
| blow that is below the belt | low |
| it's boring to watch dry | paint |
| meower | cat |
| movie featuring lightcycles 🔵〰️🔵 | tron |
| nice thing to do in the new year? 🔔 | ring |
| prints that might help someone follow you | foot |
| sunbather's aim ☀️ | tan |
| you might give one to a strong (or weak) performer | hand |
| 💍 ring ➡️ ___ ⬅️ painting 🖐️ | finger |
About this Bracket City
The Thursday, November 12, 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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