Sticky situation leads to increased tension (4-2)

I believe the answer is:

post-it

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'sticky' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'situation leads to increased tension' is the wordplay.
'situation' becomes 'post' (both can mean a job or position).
'leads to' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'increased tension' is 'it'.
'post'+'it'='POST-IT'

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