| PLEIADES | Open star cluster in Taurus, also known as the Seven Sisters (8) |
| HYADES | Open star cluster in Taurus (6) |
| TRAPEZIUM | Open star cluster in the centre of the Orion Nebula; or, a bone in the wrist (9) |
| JEWELBOX | A casket of variously coloured gems; a star cluster in Crux, reminiscent of this; a rough or spiky clam of warm seas; or, a CD case (5,3) |
| LECTURES | Cluster, in the end, around a series of talks (8) |
| CLIFF | Depicted in watercolours by Eric Ravilious, part of a coastline such as the Seven Sisters in Sussex or those formed by ice-age floods in Dover (5) |
| BRYNMAWR | One of the Seven Sisters |
| LABURNUM | Tree with yellow flower clusters in spring, having poisonous parts (8) |
| TOPSEEDS | Open stars |
| ALDEBARAN | Meaning "the follower", due to its apparent trailing of the Seven Sisters, a star in the constellation Taurus, described as said bull's red eye (9) |
| BEEHIVE | Common name for Praesepe, a star cluster in the constellation Cancer (7) |
| PLEIAD | Any one of the Seven Sisters represented as stars in the constellation Taurus, hence a brilliant septet of poets or other people (6) |
| SOUTH | *Direction that migratory birds fly for the winter, as the seven in this puzzle's theme entries have |
| MARILYN | Monroe, actress who starred in films such as "The Seven Year Itch" (7) |
| SAGES | Wise men such as the Seven ... of the Bamboo Grove |
| JEWEL | - Box; star cluster in Crux (5) |
| RACEME | Flower cluster in which the flowers are borne along the main stem, with the oldest flowers at the base (6) |
| DOC | Heigh-ho, heigh-ho: He was #1 in line as The Seven Dwarfs marched along singing their song |
| SCHS | The seven of the Seven Sisters: Abbr. |
| DRABBLE | Margaret -; author of a number of novels including A Summer BirdCage, The Millstone, The Radiant Way and The Seven Sisters (7) |
