Tortuous paths to high-level cover-ups? (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
top hats
'high-level cover-ups?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'tortuous paths to' is the wordplay.
'tortuous' indicates anagramming the letters.
'paths'+'to'='pathsto'
'pathsto' with letters rearranged gives 'TOP-HATS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for top hats that I've seen before include "Sort of covers" , "formal gear" .)