Possible Clues:

• Gobbled (down)
• Devoured, with 'down'
• Snarfed (down)
• Bolted (down)
• Ate ravenously, with "down"
• Devoured, with ''down''
• Scarfed (down)
• Gobbled
• Gobbled up, with 'down'
• Two, having got the tip-off, fled in panic, or bolted