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Why bother with the ply, just do a decent self levelling cover and then the small undulations are taken out by the tile adhesive. Self levelling doesn't really self level though but it will level enough as long as you spread it sensibly and tile adhesive allows you to cover a multitude of sins. Unless you are talking abut vinyl tiling in which case you'll need the subfloor to be properly flat but again why use ply if your substrate is cement. Unless you are on a wood subfloor in which case don't use self levelling at all it will just crack into flakes and move about.
And self levelling drys fast enough even if you suffer from ADHD. Do not cover wet cement with ply for a lot of reasons, if you want a level cement screed then do it properly and allow the proper lengthy drying time.