Commotion a listener's observed (5)
I believe the answer is:
scene
'commotion' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scene that I've seen before include "Subdivision of act in play" , "Place of an event - of the crime?" , "Where things happen" , "Landscape; public display of anger" , "Division of a play" .)