John —, director of films The Breakfast Club and Weird Science (6)

I believe the answer is:

hughes

(Other definitions for hughes that I've seen before include "Ted -, Poet Laureate" , "English poet, d.1998 - husband of Sylvia Plath" , "Ted --, English poet" , "Author" , "Former poet laureate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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