Pasta strings, however many? Thousands! (7)
I believe the answer is:
noodles
'pasta' is the definition.
(noodles are a type of pasta)
'strings however many? thousands' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'many?' could be 'oodles' (I've seen this before) and 'oodles' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'n' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for noodles that I've seen before include "Fools; pasta" , "On instrument casually plays" , "Narrow strips of pasta, or slang heads" , "Egg pasta; simpletons" , "Oriental pasta" .)