Puts a question to (4)
I believe the answer is:
asks
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">puts a question to</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for asks that I've seen before include "Poses a question" , "Enquires; requests" , "Inquires (4)" , "Requests information about" , "Puts a query" .)