Lord has love for the game (4)
I believe the answer is:
ludo
'game' is the definition.
(ludo is a board game)
'lord has love' is the wordplay.
'lord' becomes 'lud'.
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'lud'+'o'='LUDO'
'for the' is the link.
(Other definitions for ludo that I've seen before include "Race game" , "race for four tokens" , "Game (meaning 'I play' in Latin)" , "Loud sort of board game with dice and counters" , "Traditional board game" .)