Crossword Clue:

to ask politely

Answer	Crossword Clue
REQUEST	Ask politely
BEGOFF	Try politely to get out of
LAKER	Player politely but anxiously waiting for Kobe Bryant to admit it's time to retire

TALLORDER	Lot to ask
ISTOO	It ... much to ask
DEMAND	Ask to be informed.
CARD	Ask to see an ID
HITUP	Ask to borrow money from
GETS	Doesn't have to ask about
SIN	What to ask forgiveness for
BEGOFF	Ask to be released from.

AROMA	Reason to ask "What's cookin'?"
IDS	Carders ask to see them
CALLON	Ask to answer, in class
SHY	Unlikely to ask someone out
BEG	Ask to be excused, with "off"
HISTORIAN	Good person to ask "What happened?"
FATE	Topic to ask a fortuneteller about
PAY	Sensitive figure to ask someone about

RENO	Where people ask to be hit?
SAY	"I've been meaning to ask you ..."
LOCAL	Good person to ask for directions
CARD	Ask to produce proof of age
IMO	"If you ask me," to texters
ANTE	Ask to be handed a hand?
DEALER	You may ask one to hit you
BEG	Ask to be excused from, with "off"

AROMA	Reason to ask "What's on the stove?"
RENEW	People may ask you to do this
WILLYOUMARRYME	THE question I need to ask you
GIRLSHY	Afraid to ask for a dance, maybe
JUSTSAYNOG	How to ask for a holiday drink?
RENEW	What People may ask you to do
MUGSHOTS	Police may ask you to look at them
JETS	One might ask for them to be cooled

GATHERTOGETHER	"We ... to ask . . . " (start of a Thanksgiving hymn)
BREATHIN	What a doctor may ask you to hold?
WISHINGWELL	Place to ask for dreams to come true
AROMA	It may prompt you to ask "What's cooking?"
AAH	What a doctor might ask you to say