Understatement Gives False Impression About Child Crossword Clue

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	noun • understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
	35%	7		Person who misleads or gives a false impression
	noun • a person who tries to bluff other people
	35%	8		Term that gives a false impression.
	noun • an incorrect or unsuitable name

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	Clue	Source
1	"False, false, false!" New York Times - 23 May 2015	New York Times / 23 May 2015
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	Little child in stories making understatement The Guardian Cryptic - 04 Jun 2019	The Guardian Cryptic / 04 Jun 2019
4	Person who misleads or gives a false impression
5	Term that gives a false impression.
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
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
Little child in stories making understatement
It downplays setter getting eaten by 50 bears

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