Songwriter Sondheim (7)
I believe the answer is:
stephen
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">songwriter sondheim</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for stephen that I've seen before include "Male" , "First Christian martyr" , "Old king" , "-- Hawking (A Brief History of Time)" , "Author of The Shining" .)