Inquisitive type trains workforce ultimately in image promotion (5)
I believe the answer is:
pryer
'inquisitive type' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'trains workforce ultimately in image promotion' is the wordplay.
'trains' becomes 'ry' (abbreviation for railway).
'ultimately' indicates one should take the final letters.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'image promotion' becomes 'pr' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The last letter of 'workforce' is 'e'.
'ry'+'e'='rye'
'rye' put inside 'pr' is 'PRYER'.
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