Fox to live a more feral life (8)
I believe the answer is:
bewilder
'fox' is the definition.
(I know that bewilder is a more specific form of fox)
'live a more feral life' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'a more feral life' becomes 'wilder' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'be'+'wilder'='BEWILDER'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bewilder that I've seen before include "Confuse totally" , "Confuse, puzzle" , "Confuse - perplex" , "fox" , "Nonplus" .)