He made great scores in game with cracking drive (10)
I believe the answer is:
monteverdi
'he made great scores' is the definition.
(Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
'game with cracking drive' is the wordplay.
'game' becomes 'monte' (monte is a kind of game).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cracking' is an anagram indicator.
'drive' with letters rearranged gives 'verdi'.
'monte'+'verdi'='MONTEVERDI'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for monteverdi that I've seen before include "Claudio --, 16th-17th century Italian composer" , "Claudio -, an early composer of operas" , "C Sixteen-Seventeen Italian composer (Orfeo)" , "One composer" , "Italian scorer" .)