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Untidy toilets? That's some understatement! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

litotes

'some understatement' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'untidy toilets?' is the wordplay.
'untidy' is an anagram indicator.
'toilets' anagrammed gives 'LITOTES'.

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for litotes that I've seen before include "An ironic understatement about toilets" , "Understatement for rhetorical effect" , "Rhetorical understatement - toilets (anag)" , "No little pain, say" , "No small task, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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