Master of suspense Hitchcock (6)

I believe the answer is:

alfred

(Other definitions for alfred that I've seen before include "Ninth century king of Wessex" , "Saxon king" , "Cake-burning king" , "... the Great, 9th-century Anglo-Saxon king" , "Former king" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.

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