Snowflake-shaped feature of this puzzle (4)

I believe the answer is:

grid

(Other definitions for grid that I've seen before include "Power distribution network" , "Framework of crossing lines" , "entries in this" , "Network of horizontal andvertical lines" , "Barred framework" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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