Stops home being covered in sticky stuff (5,2)
I believe the answer is:
reins in
'stops' is the definition.
'home being covered in sticky stuff' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'being covered in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'sticky stuff' becomes 'resin' (I've seen this before).
'in' put within 'resin' is 'REINS IN'.
(Another definition for reins in that I've seen is " Checks".)
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