Requested (5)
I believe the answer is:
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">requested</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('ask' can be a synonym of 'request')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for asked that I've seen before include "Enquired; invited" , "Questioned" , "Requested" , "Made a request" , "Inquired" .)