"The Highwayman" author (5)
I believe the answer is:
noyes
'the highwayman author' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for noyes that I've seen before include "Alfred -, English poet; yes, no (anag.)" , "Elizabethan clamour" , "'The Highwayman' poet" .)