Make little of miserable drama (8)

I believe the answer is:

downplay

'make little of' is the definition.

'miserable drama' is the wordplay.
'miserable' becomes 'down'.
'drama' becomes 'play' (synonyms).
'down'+'play'='DOWNPLAY'

(Other definitions for downplay that I've seen before include "Avoid promotion" , "moderate" , "Not make a lot of" , "Treat as unimportant" , "stress less" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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