Possible Clues:

• Couple of thousand at academy parodied by one of those in a pack?
• Painter ___ Moses
• Drag man out to see aged parent
• Member of family of the majority of top chess players
• Four-figure sum given to virtually crazy old woman
• First-class degree for relative
• A relative
• Relative amount of money needed to graduate
• Father's mother
• Artist Moses ... and, when divided into three parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues