A Little Of It Fills Porkies Figure Crossword Clue

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	noun • understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
	26%	5		Telling porkies
	noun • the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
	26%	4		Porkies
	noun • a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth • Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968) • position or manner in which something is situated verb • be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position • be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position • originate (in) • be and remain in a particular state or condition • tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive • have a place in relation to something else • assume a reclining position

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	Clue	Source
1	Art song — told porkies The Guardian Quick - 06 Nov 2012	The Guardian Quick / 06 Nov 2012
2	Little by little
3	One who tells porkies The Guardian Quick - 22 Oct 2004	The Guardian Quick / 22 Oct 2004
4	Porkies Telegraph Cross Atlantic - 15 Jul 2023	Telegraph Cross Atlantic / 15 Jul 2023
5	Prone - telling porkies The Guardian Quick - 27 Apr 2005	The Guardian Quick / 27 Apr 2005
6	Telling porkies Telegraph Quick - 04 Jan 2023	Telegraph Quick / 04 Jan 2023
7	Wearing down little by little, an _____ process

Understatement for effect
Stories about child are an understatement
Understatement gives false impression about child
For example: less than honest statements about drink that isn't large?
Ironic understatement
Lottie's peculiar figure
Rhetorical understatement - toilets (anag)
Untruths written about young child? That's an understatement
Figure of speech like "no mean feat"
Is dishonest after consuming drink? That's an understatement!

Contents of a pack including drink — that's ironic, to say the least!
Young child enthralled by stories? That's an understatement
Child in stories that's not saying enough
Figure of speech like "not unlike"
Untruths about toddler? That could be an understatement
Understatement for rhetorical effect
Rhetorical understatement
Understatement
Little child in stories making understatement
It downplays setter getting eaten by 50 bears

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