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Drive? Not me - different composer (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

monteverdi

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

'drive? not me different' is the wordplay.
'different' is an anagram indicator (letters placed in a different order).
'drive'+'not'+'me'='drivenotme'
'drivenotme' is an anagram of 'MONTEVERDI'.

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

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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