A So He Could Wake Up In The Morning Crossword Clue — 4 Letters

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EARL
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This is a classic joke punchline: "Why did the man set his alarm? So he could wake up EARLY in the morning!" — but the 4-letter answer is EARL, as in "wake up EARL-y." The joke format "A: So he could wake up ___ in the morning" is a well-known riddle where the answer is EARL (a name), playing on the word "early."

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EARLClassic joke punchline: 'wake up EARL' sounds like 'wake up early' — a play on the name Earl vs. the word early.

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