Related Clues:

• Snow White and the dwarfs, e.g
• Pie slices, often
• Not quite an ennead
• Group of days so far this month, notice
• Crew, perhaps, some friend at court backed
• E.g. quarterfinalists on court - tennis awfully dull, initially
• Autumn promotion for quarter-finalists, perhaps
• A month, and small number's left group
• The planets, now
• A set of eight things
• Group of eight a bit behind the commanding officer
• Crew possibly caught in boatyard, dropping the odds
• Square dance grouping
• Bits in a byte, e.g
• Arachnid's legs, e.g