Confuse smart, woke colleagues (9)

I believe the answer is:

workmates

'colleagues' is the definition.
(I know this)

'confuse smart woke' is the wordplay.
'confuse' is an anagram indicator.
'smart'+'woke'='smartwoke'
'smartwoke' is an anagram of 'WORKMATES'.

(Another definition for workmates that I've seen is " Firm friends possibly".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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