Answer: COMPASS
COMPASS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 22 times.
Referring Clues:
- It can give you a pointer
 - Place to find puzzle title elements hidden in 17-, 28-, 47-, and 61-Across
 - With 55-Across, direction indicator
 - Navigators aid
 - *Extent
 - Scout's tool
 - It can point you in the right direction
 - Aid to navigation
 - Wilderness guide's instrument
 - Hiker's tool
 - Hiker's gadget
 - Orienteering device
 - Where to find the center points of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down
 - Direction finder that points north
 - Drawing tool
 - Travel guide, of a sort
 - Mariner's aid
 - Navigator's need
 - Hiker's aid
 - Provider of directions ... or a hint to the four " " shapes in this puzzle's grid
 - Orienteering aid
 - Device hinting at the directions that were added to the starred clues answers
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - February 14, 2022
 - New York Times - November 11, 2021
 - New York Times - August 27, 2019
 - New York Times - June 04, 2017
 - Netword - January 23, 2017
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 08, 2016
 - USA Today - July 05, 2016
 - LA Times - March 09, 2015
 - Washington Post - January 16, 2014
 - LA Times - May 22, 2012
 - LA Times - September 29, 2011
 - New York Times - October 01, 2009
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 22, 2008
 - Washington Post - November 12, 2007
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 22, 2004
 - New York Times - December 26, 1999
 
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