| AIDA | It's been performed more than 1,000 times at the |
| CHRIS | Neil who suited up more than 1,000 times for the Sens |
| STRATHSPEY | Scottish dance performed more slowly than a reel |
| SAINTLIER | Slain - rite is performed, more holy (9) |
| KYOTO | Residence of the Japanese imperial family for more than 1,000 years |
| URAL | - Mountains; containing more than 1,000 types of minerals, an orological range forming part of the physiographic boundary between Europe and Asia (4) |
| HANDEL | Baroque composer whose setting of the anthem Zadok the Priest for George II's coronation in 1727 has been performed/sung at every British coronation since (6) |
| KOKO | Gorilla with a vocabulary of more than 1,000 words |
| PATENTS | IBM gets more than 1,000 per year |
| EDISON | Inventor with more than 1,000 patents |
| ECCO | Danish shoe maker with more than 1,000 global stores |
| MALDIVES | Nation made up of more than 1,000 islands |
| MTV | Channel that has aired more than 1,000 episodes of "Ridiculousness" |
| MERE | No more than 1,000 European Engineers? |
| PALO | El ___ Alto, California redwood that's more than 1,000 years old |
| VEDA | Rig __: Sanskrit text with more than 1,000 hymns |
| MIXED | More than 1,000 keys all jumbled up |
| RAEBURN | Artist who painted more than 1,000 portraits including that of Sir John Sinclair wearing trews (7) |
| CATSUPONTHENEWS | Splatters on the Times at the burger joint? |
| MERRILL | Robert who sang the role of Figaro 46 times at the Met |