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For those who like word puzzles
Aug. 21st, 2025 09:39 pmThe Atlantic has a (currently) free puzzle called Bracket City that's quite interesting. A single daily puzzle related to 'this day in history' where you complete phrases to collapse bracketed clues. The tricky bit is that you can only guess the currently highlighted portion, which the below example does not illustrate:
a [one one [who shalt not in [lift one [[" the club" (said with resignation)]t involved in a proposal] while sliding the opposite foot back, then alternate legs in quick, repeated motions — you are doing "The [⏳ "in the long" ➡️ ⬅️ "for your life!" ‼️]ning " 🕺]y command[👨💼👨💼👨💼]ts]sand 💵, for short]u[men[like many red[the biome you might be trying to get out of 🌲🌲🌲] or b["don't me" 🤷♀️]etball players]y ➡️ ⬅️ gotten gains]o[the point of [metal for the [life era for a [the US went to DEF[one on a list next to the pros] 2 during the Cuban Missile one]]dle medal]ware?] is installed in front of the Tuileries Palace
(and I'm a little too lazy to bold to show what's going on)
Anyway, you may get the idea. Check it out, it's kinda fun!
Russet and I do the NY Times crossword every day, and took a look at the Atlantic's Saturday puzzle, which was their second hardest. And we 'noped' right out of it. We're really used to the NYT's editors styles. I think if we worked at it we could do it, but we really don't need a second crossword right now. Doing Strands, Connections, the crossword, and now this Bracket City together is enough. And Russet does several other daily puzzles beyond this that I do not join her in normally.
https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/
a [one one [who shalt not in [lift one [[" the club" (said with resignation)]t involved in a proposal] while sliding the opposite foot back, then alternate legs in quick, repeated motions — you are doing "The [⏳ "in the long" ➡️ ⬅️ "for your life!" ‼️]ning " 🕺]y command[👨💼👨💼👨💼]ts]sand 💵, for short]u[men[like many red[the biome you might be trying to get out of 🌲🌲🌲] or b["don't me" 🤷♀️]etball players]y ➡️ ⬅️ gotten gains]o[the point of [metal for the [life era for a [the US went to DEF[one on a list next to the pros] 2 during the Cuban Missile one]]dle medal]ware?] is installed in front of the Tuileries Palace
(and I'm a little too lazy to bold to show what's going on)
Anyway, you may get the idea. Check it out, it's kinda fun!
Russet and I do the NY Times crossword every day, and took a look at the Atlantic's Saturday puzzle, which was their second hardest. And we 'noped' right out of it. We're really used to the NYT's editors styles. I think if we worked at it we could do it, but we really don't need a second crossword right now. Doing Strands, Connections, the crossword, and now this Bracket City together is enough. And Russet does several other daily puzzles beyond this that I do not join her in normally.
https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/
