To shoot some of the typists would be absurd (5)
I believe the answer is:
potty
'absurd' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'to shoot some of the typists would' is the wordplay.
'to shoot' becomes 'pot' (I've seen this in other clues).
'some of' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'some' mean this).
'would' becomes 'y' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The first letter of 'typists' is 't'.
'pot'+'t'+'y'='POTTY'
'be' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for potty that I've seen before include "Foolish" , "Where youngster goes" , "Trifling" , "Daft (informal)" , "Nuts" .)