### Clue: Capital writer, initially keen to meet aristocrat, loses head and gets kiss after a month (4,4)
### Answer: KARL MARX 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Capital writer
[*initially*] **K**(een) *to meet* (e)**ARL** ("aristocrat" *loses head*) + **X** ("a kiss") *after* **MAR** (March, "a month")