Anthropophagic, it's a wild and wicked beast (9,5)
I believe the answer is:
tasmanian devil
'beast' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'anthropophagic it's a wild and wicked' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found within the answer.
'wicked' could be 'evil' (synonyms) and 'evil' is found within the answer.
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tasmanian devil that I've seen before include "Ferocious animal" , "Creature" , "Ferocious Australian marsupial" , "This beast is certainly wild" , "Vicious little Aussie" .)