Pay close attention to executive or do likewise? (6,4)
I believe the answer is:
follow suit
'pay close' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with fundamental existence as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'attention to executive or do likewise?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'executive' could be 'suit' (I've seen this before) and 'suit' is found in the answer.
'do likewise?' could be 'follow' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'follow' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for follow suit that I've seen before include "Be guided by corporation man" , "go from club to club" , "Play another club, perhaps" , "in due course" , "Do the same as someone else" .)