Bracket City Answers: Nov 13, 2026
The puzzle
the abolitionist ["give me ___ or give me [extremely ["that's ___" - [the [word after [one of [🐦️ ➡️ 🖐️ = ___ ➡️ 🌳] framing this clue] or Atlantic] of Light (a.k.a. la Ville-Lumière)] Hilton 🌶️] [___[what you should do now if you don't want to forever hold your [one interpretation of ✌️]] (sociolect featuring uptalk and frequent use of the word "[si[unit of distance after 8 or The Green] indicator]") ⛰️📍⛰️]]!" 🗽] Party first convenes in New York
The finished sentence
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November 13, 1839 — read the story.
Every clue, solved
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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| "give me ___ or give me death!" 🗽 | Liberty |
| "that's ___" - Paris Hilton 🌶️ | hot |
| ___speak (sociolect featuring uptalk and frequent use of the word "like") ⛰️📍⛰️ | Valley |
| extremely hot Valley | death |
| one interpretation of ✌️ | peace |
| one of two framing this clue | Bracket |
| simile indicator | like |
| the City of Light (a.k.a. la Ville-Lumière) | Paris |
| unit of distance after 8 or The Green | mile |
| what you should do now if you don't want to forever hold your peace | speak |
| word after Bracket or Atlantic | City |
| 🐦️ ➡️ 🖐️ = ___ ➡️ 🌳 | two |
About this Bracket City
The Friday, November 13, 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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