The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 3 letter word ROAD MAP
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ROAD MAP
- Notice graduate in work following right sort of plan
- Around academic award, drop a controversial strategy
- Reportedly cycled with Pam, going over navigational aid
- Plan to travel round delta area with piano
- Travellers quietly hide commercial guide for other ones
- Driver uses it to travel round Germany apparently
- Plan to have drunk a dram of Pittyvaich, for starters
- Plan to wander around Germany with a priest
- Plan strategy for peace?
- Do Parma when travelling? It’s a plan for the future
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The straight part
We know that "guide for other ones" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case guide for other ones = road map.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.