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Nice, Skyewalker.

Thanks, Nemo.

@SW

Have a gold star. Very quick solution!

Thanks, Malone and Nemo. I can remember when I was at primary school, (yes, my memory is that good), we were given examples of sentences the meaning of which could be changed depending upon how they were punctuated. This was to show us the importance of punctuation. Of course, these days children think punctuation was a type of music that became popular in the 70s. One such example sentence was

John said teacher is a fool

That one has two obvious alternatives. I think we were shown some with 3, or possibly more, different possible choices for the punctuation. What were they? My aforementioned memory is, however, not as good as I thought.

I love my parents, Kylie Minogue and Kermit the Frog.

Let us eat children

We saw the house coming to the top of the hill

A woman without her man is nothing. (A woman, without her man, is nothing - A woman: without her, man is nothing.)

Malone

Yes I would love to take you for a Fish (once-cooked) and Chips (multi-cooked) meal, or beans-on-toast if you prefer.

Inspired by the postings of you and Grunger, I thought I would cook myself a spendid meal last night. I opened a tin of Fray Bentos "Steak in Gravy Pie" and put it in the oven with some frozen chips. it was hard to tell which was the worst, probably the chips. The "pie" was meat and gravy with a crust put on the top.

Nemo and Skyewalker

Thanks for your postings on punctuation. Generally ignored nowadays leading to a lot of rubbish in the press.

Jigjag

Thank you for the meal invitation. I might take you up on it one day.

I sometimes look back with fondness on foods from my childhood - but there was never a point where Fray Bentos pies were considered a treat. I always thought they were disgusting - that slimy flabby uncooked pastry when you opened the tin, the lumps of … globby meat underneath. I'm shivering, with revulsion, just thinking about them.

I have no objections to a 'pie' having pastry only on the top ... if it's a steak pie. That is a traditional Scottish dish, an iconic one at that - and it'd be a travesty to introduce pastry to its nether regions. You'll be pleased to hear that I expect all other pies to be properly attired.

Grunger

I had a lovely meat and potato pie on the East Lancs Railway yesterday. I had never been to your part of Lancashire before, but I was impressed with the area and the small towns we visited.

Malone

I loved "bedchamber" in the TImes yesterday, after recent discussions, and I hope you enjoyed the cricket clue today.

Jigjag

I hadn't seen the full 'cricketness' of that clue - I stuck in the answer and assumed the 'on' was the 'leg'. It's only now, having had a second look, that I see the fuller reference. I did notice a CC earlier in the week and assumed that that was Cricket Club. I wondered - only briefly, it wasn't important - if 'ump' (involved in another of today's answers) was also a cricket term, or was used in lots of sports. I've never seen or heard it used, but that means very little as I avoid many sports.

Yes, I liked the appearance of 'bedchamber' - and it still looks a rather old, anachronistic word (immediately conjuring up pictures of Henry VIII, say).

Glad you enjoyed your pie yesterday. I've always wanted to try a meat and potato pie, but the ones I saw were in shortcrust pastry, and I prefer puff pastry.

Malone

Thanks - yes it did not register that there were 2 cricket clues today. I liked the "onside" for leg. Ump is occasionally used in cricket as a friendly greeting to an umpire. I dont know if it is used in tennis. I prefer to use ump as in "getting the 'ump". Yes CC was the cricket club in C Clef yesterday.

I am afraid I dont know one type of pastry from another.