Approaches a listener with two outstanding points (5)
I believe the answer is:
nears
'approaches' is the definition.
('near' can be a synonym of 'approach')
'a listener with two outstanding points' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'points' could be 'ne' (North and East) and 'ne' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nears that I've seen before include "Moves closer to" , "Approaches - snare (anag)" , "Gets closer" , "Bears down" , "Comes closer" .)