| HYADES | Star cluster in the constellation Taurus (6) |
| PLEIADES | Star cluster in the constellation Taurus also known as the Seven Sisters (8) |
| PLEIAD | Any one of the Seven Sisters represented as stars in the constellation Taurus, hence a brilliant septet of poets or other people (6) |
| BEEHIVE | Common name for Praesepe, a star cluster in the constellation Cancer (7) |
| TRAPEZIUM | Open star cluster in the centre of the Orion Nebula; or, a bone in the wrist (9) |
| TARSUS | Name shared by a bone cluster in the foot and a plate of connective tissue on the rim of the eyelid (6) |
| ALDEBARAN | The brightest star in the constellation Taurus, known as the 'Eye of Taurus' (9) |
| ALCYONE | Brightest star in the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus (7) |
| RACEME | Flower cluster in which the flowers are borne along the main stem, with the oldest flowers at the base (6) |
| CRABNEBULA | Expanding gas cloud in the constellation Taurus originating from a supernova observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 AD (4,6) |
| ELECTRA | Blue-white giant star in the constellation Taurus (7) |
| ARCHIPELAGO | Head off geographical upheaval for cluster in the ocean (11) |
| LECTURES | Cluster, in the end, around a series of talks (8) |
| JEWEL | - Box; star cluster in Crux (5) |
| CRAB | ___ Nebula, part of the constellation Taurus |
| 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) |
| GAGGLEOFGEESE | Anserine cluster in farmyard (6,2,5) |
| BRACT | In botany, a modified leaf, typically small, bearing a flower or flower cluster in its axil (5) |
| GEMS | Cluster in a marquise |
| UMBEL | Flower cluster in which stalks spring from a common centre forming a shape like a parasol (5) |
