Aide turned up with 1000 newspapers (5)
I believe the answer is:
media
'newspapers' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'aide turned up with 1000' is the wordplay.
'turned up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'1000' becomes 'M' (roman numeral).
'aide' written backwards gives 'edia'.
'edia' put after 'm' is 'MEDIA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for media that I've seen before include "oils as examples" , "News industry" , "Purveyors of information to the public - I made them" , "Channels of mass communication" , "Ancient country" .)