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Silly posh idiot first to oppress worker, one in sales (4,9)

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I believe the answer is:

shop assistant

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'one in sales' is the definition.

'silly posh idiot first to oppress worker' is the wordplay.
'silly' is an anagram indicator.
'idiot first' becomes 'assist' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to oppress' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, oppress can mean goes on top of).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'posh' with letters rearranged gives 'shop'.
'shop'+'assist'+'ant'='SHOP-ASSISTANT'

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(Other definitions for shop assistant that I've seen before include "one employed in store" , "Salesperson" , "Worker in retail trade" , "Give grass to aid one" , "who should be helping customers?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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