Left Wales out - small and ungovernable (7)
I believe the answer is:
lawless
'ungovernable' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'left wales out small' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'wales' is an anagram of 'awles'.
'l'+'awles'+'s'='LAWLESS'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lawless that I've seen before include "Ungoverned" , "Anarchic, without any controls" , "Anarchy" , "disobedient" , "Unruly - anarchic" .)