Confront authority about central element of boardroom’s make-up (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
face powder
'make-up' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'confront authority about central element of boardroom's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'confront' could be 'face' (synonyms) and 'face' is located in the answer.
'element' could be 'po' (Po is an example) and 'po' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for face powder that I've seen before include "Cosmetic preparation" , "Make-up" .)