Office girl could give a stranger hope (12)
I believe the answer is:
stenographer
'office girl' 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?
'give a stranger hope' is the wordplay.
'give' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'giving' mean this (the letters give the letters for another word)).
'stranger'+'hope'='strangerhope'
'strangerhope' anagrammed gives 'STENOGRAPHER'.
'could' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stenographer that I've seen before include "Court employee" , "Woman at work" .)