### Clue: Game show contestant's rowdy male – one reptile devours (9)
### Answer: GLADIATOR 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Game show contestant
 [ LAD(a rowdy male, often seen in gangs) + I(Roman numeral for "one") ] **contained in**(… devours) GATOR(short for the reptile, the alligator).
Defn: A participant in armed contests for the entertainment of the audience in Ancient Rome. Though there is a TV game show named after those ancient contestants, but with no lethal events involved.