Touring African country, score twice for punctiliousness (9)
I believe the answer is:
formality
'punctiliousness' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'touring african country score twice' is the wordplay.
'touring' is an insertion indicator (touring can mean going round).
'african country' becomes 'mali' (Mali is an example).
'score twice' becomes 'forty' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'mali' inserted within 'forty' is 'FORMALITY'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for formality that I've seen before include "ceremony" , "Stiffness" , "Social rigidity" , "Established convention" .)