| Lottie's upset by the understatement (7) |
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| Literary device in T.S. Eliot? (7) |
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| Young child tells fibs about understatement |
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| Rests, hugging little child: or no little one, perhaps |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Mar 2024 |
| Silly titles about nothing ___ that's an understatement (7) |
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| Might such rhetoric be no great shakes? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Feb 2024 |
| Understatement in T.s. eliot play (7) |
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| 51 carries is no small thing, for example (7) |
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| Rhetorical understatement |
The Times Concise |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Understatement no mature person prevaricates about |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Aug 2023 |
| Figure of speech unusual in TS Eliot |
The Guardian Quiptic |
12 Jun 2023 |
| Tales about drink wherein not a little is a lot? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Jun 2023 |
| Trope of two different books on tablets |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Apr 2023 |
| Figure of speech child found in stories — that's an understatement |
The Guardian Quiptic |
09 Jan 2023 |
| Small amount of drink mopped up by a tissue, falsely? That's an understatement |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Aug 2022 |
| Tells tales about infant? That could be an understatement |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Aug 2022 |
| It downplays setter getting eaten by 50 bears |
The Guardian Cryptic |
11 Mar 2022 |
| It downplays setter getting eaten by 50 bears |
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| Understatement |
The Times Concise |
31 Jan 2022 |
| Tall stories after consuming drink? That's an understatement |
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| Toilets are shabby? It's an understatement |
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| Untidy toilets? That's some understatement! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Sep 2020 |
| Kid in stories not exactly well-behaved, for example |
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| Child tucking into pork pies not the smallest, for example |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Aug 2020 |
| Is untruthful about drink? An understatement |
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| Rhetorical device in stories enthralling small child |
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| Is dishonest after consuming drink? That's an understatement! |
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| Little child in stories making understatement |
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| "Not too shabby" and "no ordinary love," e.g |
The New Yorker |
04 Feb 2019 |
| Ironical understatement |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Jun 2018 |
| Child tucking into pork pies not the smallest, for example |
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| No small matter, for example, translating TS Eliot |
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| Toilets revolting; and that's an understatement |
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| Ironical understatement |
The Times Concise |
04 Sep 2017 |
| Is prone to imbibe dram? That's understatement |
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| Literary understatement |
The Times Concise |
06 Oct 2016 |
| Tales about small child not bad at all, say? |
The Times Cryptic |
09 May 2016 |
| Understatement |
The Guardian Speedy |
03 Apr 2016 |
| No small task, for example, unravelling TS Eliot! |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Feb 2016 |
| "Not too bad" for "very good" |
Universal |
20 Dec 2015 |
| 'Not unhappy,' e.g |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Apr 2015 |
| Figure of speech used by child captivated by tales |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Mar 2015 |
| "Not too bad" for "very good" |
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| Figure of speech that employs ironic understatement |
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| Is 'humping' an understatement? |
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| Child captivated by stories in which not a little is a lot? |
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| Figure of speech like "not unlike" |
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| Contents of a pack including drink — that's ironic, to say the least! |
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| T.S. Eliot play shows understatement |
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| ... using ___: "Mary had no giant lamb / Its fleece was not unwhite" |
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| Figure of speech like "no mean feat" |
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| Hamlet's not a bad play e.g. |
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| Understatement for effect |
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| Understatement: Rhet. |
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| Understatement to increase effect. |
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| "A citizen of no mean city." |
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| Understatement: A figure of speech. |
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| Rhetorical expression such as "not bad at all." |
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| Rhetorical understatement. |
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| Affirmation by the negation of the opposite. |
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| Rhetorical form. |
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