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She needs a hand to get to work (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manicurist

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'work' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'she needs a hand' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to get to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for manicurist that I've seen is " pro with file?".)

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