headsy adj. smart and bold; clever and ballsy. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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Probably derived from “heads-up” = ‘alert, resourceful’ (dated to 1947 by MWCD11).
I think so too, with reinforcement from “gutsy” and “ballsy.”