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Bond, being drunk, picked up office worker (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

typist

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'office worker' is the definition.
(someone who types documents)

'bond being drunk picked up' is the wordplay.
'bond being' becomes 'ty' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'drunk' becomes 'pissed' (slang term).
'picked up' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'pissed' sounds like 'pist'.
'ty'+'pist'='TYPIST'

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(Other definitions for typist that I've seen before include "Someone paid to copy using a keyboard" , "One using keyboard" , "Worker taken from pool, perhaps" , "Stenographer" , "Forerunner of the word processor operator" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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