I have to follow devil and fool without displaying emotion (9)
I believe the answer is:
impassive
'without displaying emotion' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'i have to follow devil and fool' is the wordplay.
'i have' becomes 'I've' (contraction of 'I have').
'to follow' says to put letters next to each other (some letters go after or follow others).
'devil' becomes 'imp' (devilish creature).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fool' becomes 'ass' (both can mean a stupid person).
'imp'+'ass'='impass'
'ive' after 'impass' is 'IMPASSIVE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for impassive that I've seen before include "Undemonstrative" , "Unconcerned" , "Expressionless" , "unfeeling" , "Phlegmatic" .)