| Speaker's aid | 17 |
| Short tale | 10 |
| Stand-up bit | 12 |
| Speechmaker's story | 23 |
| Speaker's opening, often | 28 |
| One may begin "Reminds me of the time ..." | 52 |
| Often-amusing story | 19 |
| Toast lead-in, at times | 23 |
| Tale told by an oldster | 23 |
| Stand-up segment | 16 |
| Speechmaker's icebreaker | 28 |
| Speech opener, often | 20 |
| Speech opener, at times | 23 |
| Speech opener often | 20 |
| Speech enlivener | 16 |
| Speaker's warm-up, often | 28 |
| Speaker's story | 19 |
| Small yarn? | 11 |
| Short, amusing story | 20 |
| Short reminiscence | 18 |
| Short illustration | 18 |
| Raconteur's recital | 23 |
| Part of a raconteur's repertoire | 36 |
| Part of a best man's toast, maybe | 37 |
| Opening of many a speech | 24 |
| Light sketch | 12 |
| Garrison Keillor specialty | 26 |
| Frequent speech starter | 23 |
| Cute story | 10 |
| Component of a wedding toast, often | 35 |
| Brief, often amusing narrative | 30 |
| Brief, interesting tale | 23 |
| Brief story that might open a speech | 36 |
| Biographical account | 20 |
| Amusing tale | 12 |
| "Not published," literally | 36 |
| Yarns | 5 |
| Toastmasters' stock | 23 |
| Short stories | 13 |
| Raconteur's stock | 21 |
| They're often amusing | 25 |
| Speech elements, often | 22 |
| Speaker's fodder | 20 |
| Short narratives | 16 |
| Mark Twain specialties | 22 |
| Interesting stories | 19 |
| Emcees' specialties | 23 |
| Amusing yarns | 13 |
| Amusing tales | 13 |
| A lot of talk show talk | 23 |
| Raconteur | 9 |
| Slippery as ___ | 15 |
| Slippery as __ | 14 |
| Slippery as ____ | 16 |
| As slippery as -- | 17 |
| Lay ___ (bomb) | 14 |
| Lay ___ (flop) | 14 |
| Lay ___ | 7 |
| Words after crack or fry | 24 |
| What Wall Street laid, according to a 1929 Variety headline | 59 |
| What Horton hatched | 19 |
| The white of ___ (recipe ingredient) | 36 |
| Lay -- (fail miserably) | 23 |
| Lay ___ (fail) | 14 |
| "The vulgar boil, the learned roast, __": Pope | 56 |
| Anoint, old style | 17 |
| Anoint | 6 |
| Bless with oil | 14 |
| Bless | 5 |
| Embrocate | 9 |
| Anoint with oil | 15 |
| Apply chrism | 12 |
| Anoint, old-style | 17 |
| Anoint, once | 12 |
| Anoint with sacred oil, old-style | 33 |
| Anoint with oil, archaically | 28 |
| Anoint as part of last rites | 28 |
| Give extreme unction to, old-style | 34 |
| Consecrate with oil, old style | 30 |
| Bless, old-style | 16 |
| Bless old style | 16 |
| Apply chrism, old style | 23 |
| Anoint, in bygone days | 22 |
| Anoint, formerly | 16 |
| Anoint, archaically | 19 |
| Administer unction, old style | 29 |
| Lethargy | 8 |
| Lack of vigor | 13 |
| Lack of vitality | 16 |
| Dieter's concern | 20 |
| Weakness | 8 |
| Iron-poor blood condition | 25 |
| Hemoglobin deficiency | 21 |
| Iron target | 11 |
| Absence of oomph | 16 |
| Hemoglobin-deprived condition | 29 |
| Red blood cell deficiency | 25 |
| Lack of energy | 14 |
| Cause of weakness | 17 |
| Shortage of punch | 17 |