What's consulted for its NEWS position? (4)

I believe the answer is:

vane

(Other definitions for vane that I've seen before include "Weather-cock sounds full of itself" , "It shows wind direction" , "Turbine blade" , "Weather blade" , "Part of a weathercock" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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