Awaiting one's attention in the turmoil (2-2)
I believe the answer is:
to-do
'turmoil' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'awaiting one's attention in the' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'odo' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for to-do that I've seen before include "Fuss or commotion" , "Quarrel" , "Flap" , "Bustle" , "Fuss and bother" .)