Anagrams of: AEORRST

• a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)

• a cook who roasts food

• flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting

• a special cooking pan for roasting

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• take into custody

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

• attract and fix

• cause to come to an abrupt stop

• a hotel located in a resort area

• a frequently visited place

• something or someone turned to for assistance or security

• act of turning to for assistance

• have recourse to

• move, travel, or proceed toward some place

• a list of names

• not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

• recurring only at long intervals

• not widely distributed

• having low density

• marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind

• (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside

• a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)

• a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes

• a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility)

• a person whose occupation is making and altering garments

• the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor

• talk pompously