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One who handles the keys in office (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

typist

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'one who handles the keys in office' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for typist that I've seen before include "Keyboard user" , "Forerunner of the word processor operator" , "Worker taken from pool, perhaps" , "Person at keyboard" , "Someone paid to copy using a keyboard" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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