Answer: anecdotes

AnswerCrossword Clue
ANECDOTES

Short stories

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Speaker's diversions

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Speech elements, often

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Toastmasters' stock
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Amusing accounts
ANECDOTESAmusing stories
ANECDOTESShort narratives
ANECDOTESShort stories.
ANECDOTESRaconteur's specialty.
ANECDOTESStories.
ANECDOTESEmcees' specialties
ANECDOTESMark Twain specialties
ANECDOTESYarns
ANECDOTESAmusing yarns
ANECDOTESSpeech enliveners
ANECDOTESA lot of talk show talk
ANECDOTESRaconteur's stock
ANECDOTESAmusing tales
ANECDOTESThey're often amusing
ANECDOTESSpeaker's fodder