Star of Bethlehem on top of stable for prominent individuals (7,6)

I believe the answer is:

leading lights

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'prominent individuals' is the definition.
'leading lights' can be an answer for 'individuals' (leading light is a kind of individual). I am not certain of the 'prominent' bit.

'star of bethlehem on top of stable' is the wordplay.
'star of bethlehem' becomes 'leadinglight' (I've seen this before).
'on top of' indicates taking the first letters (I've seen 'on top' mean this).
The first letter of 'stable' is 's'.
'leadinglight'+'s'='LEADING LIGHTS'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for leading lights that I've seen before include "very influential" , "The first clues are" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.

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