It's yellow and sticky when it's put back into pot (4-2)
I believe the answer is:
post-it
'it's yellow and sticky' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'it's put back into pot' is the wordplay.
'put back' is a reversal indicator.
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'its' reversed gives 'sti'.
'sti' put into 'pot' is 'POST-IT'.
'when' acts as a link.
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