Solaces company with a thousand strongholds (8)
I believe the answer is:
comforts
'solaces' is the definition.
('comfort' can be a synonym of 'solace')
'company with a thousand strongholds' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a thousand' becomes 'M' (Roman numeral for a thousand).
'strongholds' becomes 'forts' (I've seen this in another clue).
'co'+'m'+'forts'='COMFORTS'
(Other definitions for comforts that I've seen before include "Consoles or gives ease to" , "See 12" .)