Play down (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">play down</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for understate that I've seen before include "Represent as less important" , "Speak with restraint" , "Play down" , "Minimise the significance of (something)" , "Downplay" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">play down</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('play down'->'minimize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for minimise that I've seen before include "Make as small as possible" , "Scale down" , "Diminish" , "Downplay, understate" , "Shrink" .)