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Leo gets out a gun with a smooth movement (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legato

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'smooth movement' is the definition.
'legato' can be an answer for 'smooth' (musical term). I am not sure about the 'movement' bit.

'leo gets out a gun with a' is the wordplay.
'gets' is an insertion indicator (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'out a gun' becomes 'gt' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'gt' going around 'a' is 'gat'.
'leo' going around 'gat' is 'LEGATO'.

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(Other definitions for legato that I've seen before include "with smooth execution" , "Got ale (anag.)" , "In a smooth and flowing manner (music)" , "Smooth, flowing (mus.)" , "Smoothly, musically speaking" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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