Briefly woo typist who won’t be there long? (4)
I believe the answer is:
temp
'typist who won't be there long?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for temp that I've seen before include "Non-full time employee" , "Short-term office worker" , "N on-permanent worker" , "Transitory office worker" , "Short-term worker, in short" .)