I would get directions in the middle of the month (4)
I believe the answer is:
ides
'the middle of the month' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'i would get directions' is the wordplay.
'i would' becomes 'I'd'.
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'directions' becomes 'es' (east and south - two directions).
'id'+'es'='IDES'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ides that I've seen before include "March day Caesar died" , "Roman calendar day roughly in the middle of the month" , "Roman monthly date" , "March day fatal to Julius Caesar" , "Julius Caesar was killed during the . . . . of March" .)