Play-goer periodically ignored section of text (4)
I believe the answer is:
page
'text' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'play-goer periodically' is the wordplay.
'periodically' means one should take alternating letters (letters must be selected 'every so often').
'play'+'goer'='playgoer'
The alternate letters of 'playgoer' are 'PAGE'.
'ignored section of' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for page that I've seen before include "Side" , "Gentleman dwelling at Windsor" , "Sheet of book" , "Leaf; call over PA system" , "Leaf - boy attendant" .)