Crossword Genius

Composer to drive men to distraction (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

monteverdi

'composer' is the definition.
(Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)

'drive men to distraction' is the wordplay.
'distraction' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'drive'+'men'+'to'='drivemento'
'drivemento' is an anagram of 'MONTEVERDI'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for monteverdi that I've seen before include "C Sixteen-Seventeen Italian composer (Orfeo)" , "Claudio --, 16th-17th century Italian composer" , "One composer" , "Claudio -, an early composer of operas" , "Italian scorer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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