Little Child In Stories Making Understatement Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
	30%	15		Child's child's child
	noun • a child of your grandson or granddaughter
	30%	13		Progeny's child's child's child
	noun • a son of your grandson or granddaughter

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	Clue	Source
1	Child's child's child
2	Figure of speech child found in stories — that's an understatement The Guardian Quiptic - 09 Jan 2023	The Guardian Quiptic / 09 Jan 2023
3	Progeny's child's child's child
4	Stories about child are an understatement The Guardian Cryptic - 13 Jun 2001	The Guardian Cryptic / 13 Jun 2001
5	Understatement gives false impression about child The Guardian Cryptic - 15 Aug 2001	The Guardian Cryptic / 15 Aug 2001
6	Untruths written about young child? That's an understatement The Guardian Everyman - 02 Dec 2007	The Guardian Everyman / 02 Dec 2007
7	Young child enthralled by stories? That's an understatement The Guardian Everyman - 19 Feb 2012	The Guardian Everyman / 19 Feb 2012

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
… a little of it fills Porkie's figure
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
It downplays setter getting eaten by 50 bears

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