| MONEY | Five hundred pounds, but apparently not a thousand? |
| SQUAREMEAL | Satisfying food, but apparently not a round of sandwiches? |
| BROKENENGLISH | Sounds like a faithful recording of a language, but apparently not (6,7) |
| GEOSTATIONARY | Negotiator, say, flexible but apparently not moving |
| OFFING | In sight in it, but apparently not likely to be on (6) |
| MONEYMAKER | Nice little earner which produces A£500, but not a thousand |
| LIFEWORK | Magnum opus of length, one read by not many people - or a thousand? |
| MISCHIEFMAKER | His crime to fake a thousand? What a stirrer! (8,5) |
| REAM | A number of sheets - about a thousand? |
| NICER | A pound, not a thousand, would be preferable (5) |
| MONKEY | Five hundred pounds, or a thousand in cash |
| ILL | Factory laying off a thousand? That is unfortunate (3) |
| ACME | Top one in a thousand? On the contrary |
| OOO | 75 percent of a thousand? |
| DESKTOP | Where papers may be posted - possibly about a thousand? |
| RARAMAVIS | You prefer unusual things? An odd bird in a thousand? Quite the reverse! |
| DEEMING | Considering setter's in poverty, put up a thousand? (7) |
| EXAM | Quiz: MC squared multiplied by a thousand? (4) |
| TREMBLE | Shaky thing to do three times out of a thousand? (7) |
| LAMP | Round about a thousand? That's illuminating (4) |
