Possible Clues:

• It's 1 down so to be less than 501, perhaps
• A French female embracing the German fellow? That's rare
• It's rare to get this less than five hundred and one
• Rather raw to be less than 501
• Too pink, say
• It's rare for this to be less than five hundred and one (9)
• Less than five hundred and one
• It's rare for it to be less than 501
• It's rare to have fewer than five hundred, one added
• It's rare to find less than 501, perhaps, of this