Pieced together design in short time when back in charge (6)
I believe the answer is:
mosaic
'pieced together design' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives sometimes mean the same thing.
'short time when back in charge' is the wordplay.
'short time' becomes 'mo' (as in 'just a mo').
'when' becomes 'as' (eg 'when I walked' means 'as I walked').
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'in charge' becomes 'ic' (abbreviation for 'in charge').
'as' written backwards gives 'sa'.
'mo'+'sa'+'ic'='MOSAIC'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mosaic that I've seen before include "expressed in stones" , "Tessellated picture" , "Design of small coloured squares" , "Inlaid work - of a Hebrew prophet" , "Picture of small tiles" .)