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Office girl could give a stranger hope (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stenographer

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'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.

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(Other definitions for stenographer that I've seen before include "Court employee" , "Woman at work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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