If a prompt teacher asks what she should assign a student who forgot his sweater in the crisp fall breeze, she might say she '_______ to remind him.' What seasonal word sounds like her first two words?
Autumn
The clue relies on a near-homophone pun between the season name 'autumn' and the verbal phrase 'ought him.' When spoken quickly, 'ought him' sounds nearly identical to the fall season's name. Solvers must recognize the auditory trick by piecing together the phrasing that fits both the sentence blank and the fall theme.
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