Anagrams of: CRICKETBAT

• leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

• a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs

• play cricket

• a category falling within certain defined limits

• either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material

• either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material

• a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)

• support with brackets

• place into brackets

• classify or group

• a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back

• someone who provides financial support for some venture

• a quarrel about petty points

• argue over petty things

• rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

• a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

• To stop working (of an electronic device)

• English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)

• a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

• twist (a body part) into a strained position

• sour or bitter in taste

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• a rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand

• (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch

• tastelessly showy