Play down (8)
'play down' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(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" .)
'play down' is the definition.
('play down'->'minimize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for minimise that I've seen before include "Make as small as possible" , "Scale down" , "Diminish" , "Downplay, understate" , "Shrink" .)