501 stars producing records (7)
I believe the answer is:
diaries
'records' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'501 stars' is the wordplay.
'501' becomes 'di'.
'stars' becomes 'aries' (I've seen this before).
'di'+'aries'='DIARIES'
'producing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for diaries that I've seen before include "Personal journals" , "Personal records of daily events" , "The Basketball _; Leonardo DiCaprio film" .)