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It's no small matter, say, translating TS Eliot (7)

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litotes

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'it's no small matter' is the definition.
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'translating ts eliot' is the wordplay.
'translating' indicates an anagram.
'ts'+'eliot'='tseliot'
'tseliot' with letters rearranged gives 'LITOTES'.

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(Other definitions for litotes that I've seen before include "Understatement for rhetorical effect" , "Town of N. Norway" , "Ironic figure of speech" , "Literary use of understatement" , "in which not a little is a lot?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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