Listener 4734 Definition By Gnomish
Well, I've had a completed grid since early this morning. I have a final grid which seems to fit the bill which I will submit; however, how the sequence is used is beyond me, despite the unhelpful message formed from the extraneous consecutive pairs of letters . Certain sections of the preamble are unintelligible; for example: although I have the theme word and the full definition, how abcde (in that order) produces the theme word is beyond me. In a different order we can get the theme word but then the cyclic order is lost.
A puzzle with good tough clues subsequently ruined by the poor preamble for the endgame.
I hope the other site that gives everything away, DOESN'T. Or, if it does, I hope the people who regularly rely on that site to complete The Listener have the decency not to submit.