The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 14 letter word UNDERSTATEMENT
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More clues leading to the result UNDERSTATEMENT
- Restraint from junior diplomats not having succeeded, time's added
- Sign here? It’s no exaggeration
- Turned out to cover people on condition it avoids stress
- A somewhat restrained comment below formal declaration
- Given anaesthetic, perhaps Georgia reportedly conveyed restraint
- Where an attestor might sign showing restraint
- Subject to update from bank? That’s putting it mildly
- Euphemism of sorts meant ‘entrusted’
- Below formal declaration, a comment, somewhat restrained?
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The straight part
We know that "putting it mildly" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case putting it mildly = understatement.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does UNDERSTATEMENT mean?
UNDERSTATEMENT noun- An incomplete statement, particularly: