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£1000 bills for elderly males (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grandads

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'elderly males' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'ps1000 bills' is the wordplay.
'psg000' becomes 'grand' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bills' becomes 'ads'.
'grand'+'ads'='GRANDADS'

'for' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for grandads that I've seen before include "Old men having" , "Your mother and father's fathers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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