like the Wild West (7)
I believe the answer is:
lawless
'like the wild west' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for lawless that I've seen before include "Ungoverned" , "Wild wild" , "Anarchy" , "Slew Sal for being criminal" , "Anarchic, without any controls" .)