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Asian drunk discussed office worker (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

typist

'office worker' is the definition.
(someone who types documents)

I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for typist that I've seen before include "Old secretary" , "Skilled keyboarder" , "Operator of a machine that prints one character at a time" , "Pre-computer office worker" , "Worker taken from pool, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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