Vicious man's raising hell (3)
I believe the answer is:
sid
'vicious man's' is the definition.
(Sid Vicious, member of the Sex Pistols)
'raising hell' is the wordplay.
'raising' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'hell' becomes 'dis' (underworld in classical mythology).
'dis' backwards is 'SID'.
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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