Araucaria's £500 crossword? (6,6)
I believe the answer is:
monkey puzzle
'araucaria's' is the definition.
(Latin name of the monkey puzzle tree)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
(Other definitions for monkey puzzle that I've seen before include "ARAUCARIA to remember" , "CHILEPINE" , "Chilean tree" , "Chile pine (the Araucaria tree)" .)