Lawless Tokyo drama poet recounted about parents (2-5-6)
I believe the answer is:
no-holds-barred
'lawless' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'tokyo drama poet recounted about parents' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'drama' could be 'noh' (Noh or No is a Japanese masked drama) and 'noh' is found within the answer.
'about' could be 're' (regarding) and 're' is present in the answer.
'poet' could be 'bard' (bard is a kind of poet) and 'bard' is located in the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'olds' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for no-holds-barred that I've seen before include "Unrestrained" , "Not observing the rules of fair play" , "Without restraint of rules" , "Without regard for fair play" , "Without restrictions" .)