Guiding, directing a course (8)

I believe the answer is:

steering

(Other definitions for steering that I've seen before include "Guiding, directing the course" , "Mechanism that allows a vehicle to be guided" , "Feature of vehicle" , "Guiding or showing the way" , "Controlling the direction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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