| NORTH | Direction in which the needle of a navigational compass points (5) |
| RHUMBS | 32 points of a navigational compass (6) |
| STYLUS | The needle of a record player |
| GROOVE | Etched spiral track in a gramophone record in which the needle moves (6) |
| CHALK | Material of which the Needles, off the Isle of Wight, are formed (5) |
| NEEDLE | Leaf of a fir or pine tree; pointer on a navigational compass; a stylus; or, an implement used in pairs for knitting (6) |
| MAP | Component of a navigational app |
| MAGNETIC | ____ north, the direction in which the top end of a compass needle will point (8) |
| OASES | At first observation, a compass points to desert safe havens (5) |
| TREND | General direction in which something is developing (5) |
| ORDER | Direction in which one gets over, crossing the road |
| SOUTH | Direction in which thousands start running (5) |
| EAST | Word, related to "aurora, dawn, shine" and found in the name of a spring festival, for the direction in which the daylight giver equinoctially rises (4) |
| INSET | Small map - it contains three compass points (5) |
| ENSUE | Follow compass points around the bend |
| SENSE | Perceive five compass points (5) |
| EASTS | Compass points |
| WEST | Direction in which the sun sets; or, the novelist born Cicin Isabel Fairfield whose Aubrey Trilogy comprises The Fountain Overflows. This Real Night and Cousin Rosamund (4) |
| HEADING | The direction in which a seagoing vessel's bow is pointing; the title of an article, chapter, document or page; or, the adit, drift or gallery of a mine (7) |
| STILETTO | Heel, therefore, to feel the long needle of a blade! (8) |
