Guiding (8)
I believe the answer is:
steering
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">guiding</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for steering that I've seen before include "Guiding and directing, say a car" , "Guiding, directing the course" , "-- Committee; -- wheel" , "Mechanism that allows a vehicle to be guided" , "Controlling the direction" .)