Beat poet Cassady (4)
I believe the answer is:
neal
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">beat poet cassady</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 neal that I've seen before include "toughen up as before?" , "Patricia - - , Hud star" .)