Neither direction is a short cut (3)
I believe the answer is:
nor
'neither' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'direction is a short cut' is the wordplay.
'direction' becomes 'n' (N is an example).
'is a short cut' becomes 'or' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'n'+'or'='NOR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nor that I've seen before include "Word paired with "neither"" , "Negative conjunction" , "Neither pairing" , "Link word" , "Neither one ... the other" .)