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Guidance system positioned vehicle in the wrong direction (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satnav

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'guidance system' is the definition.
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'positioned vehicle in the wrong direction' is the wordplay.
'positioned' becomes 'sat' (sitting is a kind of positioning).
'vehicle' becomes 'van' (type of vehicle).
'in the wrong direction' is a reversal indicator.
'van' back-to-front is 'nav'.
'sat'+'nav'='SATNAV'

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(Other definitions for satnav that I've seen before include "course-finding apparatus" , "Navigation system (abbrev.)" , "one may help the driver" , "Device for finding one's way" , "Road atlas replacer" .)

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