Lived up to the reckless fellow (5)

I believe the answer is:

devil

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'the reckless fellow' is the definition.
'devil' can be an answer for 'fellow' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'the reckless' bit.

'lived up' is the wordplay.
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'lived' backwards is 'DEVIL'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for devil that I've seen before include "Coat spicily; do hackwork" , "Old Nick, Satan" , "See 11" , "Evil supernatural being" , "Lived with Satan" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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