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Answer for the clue "Wolfed down greedily ", 7 letters:
ravened

Word definitions for ravened in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: raven )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Raven \Rav"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravened (r[a^]v"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravening .] [Written also ravin, and ravine.] To obtain or seize by violence. --Hakewill. To devour with great eagerness. Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. --Shak.

Usage examples of ravened.

He was back in the spaceship and the lid was closed before the second shot ravened forth.

Weariness ravened as Marika rounded the last bend of the Hainlin before it forked around Akard, the ship’s rear grounding strut began to drag in the loose snow concealing the river’s face.

Lancinations of unendurable ecstasy ravened through his consciousness, starbursts of warring sensory impulses that slipped once more to coherent phenomena, an instant before his mind shattered to follow into final chaos.

Barely controlled, the mana swirled away from him and coalesced into a ragged bolt of energy that ravened toward the monster.