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Bond broke bread in Eye of Taurus (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aldebaran

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'eye of taurus' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both natural objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'bond broke bread in' is the wordplay.
'bond' becomes 'alan' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'broke' is an anagram indicator.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'bread' anagrammed gives 'debar'.
'alan' enclosing 'debar' is 'ALDEBARAN'.

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(Other definitions for aldebaran that I've seen before include "big star" , "Red giant in Taurus" , "Taurus's leading star" , "Highlight" , "Dear Laban (anag) - star in Taurus" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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