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Spot on aristo, beat me to it. Hope you're well mate

Congratulations, Les. Thank you, Fieryjack.

Very nice, les and thanks fiery.

Nice one Les, a well deserved win. Cheers FJ !

Thanks aristo and les.

(P.S. I liked mattrom's train wreck too.)

Well done Les, Thanks FJ

'From the hips = candid, direct' is a typical expression that I had never heard before - so my surface reading problem might also have a lot to do with language.

Hi pigale
I'd always assumed that "from the hip" meant "spontaneous" rather than "candid".

Well, at least you had heard the expression Chrise ! These 'idiomatic expressions' complicate matters when I do crosswords.
Let alone attempting to write clues !!!

I think the full expression is "he shoots from the hip", which means without taking careful aim. Les may be referring to another expression, though.

Excuse me Chris, another part of the clue was the first word "He" unless you can tell us how many more male Sinatras are world famous.