Devours (4)
I believe the answer is:
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">devours</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for eats that I've seen before include "Gets tucked into the cake" , "Food (colloq.)" , "snacks" , "Swallows food" , "Scoff" .)