Answer:

lodestar

Answer	Crossword Clue
LODESTAR	Astral guide
LODESTAR	Guiding light
LODESTAR	It shows the way

LODESTAR	Guiding night light
LODESTAR	Guide
LODESTAR	Guiding light.
LODESTAR	A guiding ideal.
LODESTAR	A guiding light.
LODESTAR	Heavenly guide.
LODESTAR	Navigator's guide
LODESTAR	Polaris

LODESTAR	That which serves to guide
LODESTAR	Point of reference
LODESTAR	Anagram for leotards
LODESTAR	Navigational aid
LODESTAR	Guide changed leotards (8)
LODESTAR	Astronomical reference point
LODESTAR	Guiding principle