Anecdotes about extremely nondescript gifts (7)
I believe the answer is:
talents
'gifts' is the definition.
('talent' can be a synonym of 'gift')
'anecdotes about extremely nondescript' is the wordplay.
'anecdotes' becomes 'tales' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'extremely' suggests removing the centre (only the extremes of the word are used).
'nondescript' with its middle taken out is 'nt'.
'tales' going around 'nt' is 'TALENTS'.
(Other definitions for talents that I've seen before include "Skills" , "Special aptitudes" , "Natural aptitudes" , "Last ten (anag.)" , "endowments" .)