Skeleton

[smiley1]

8d. Pirate king in short a theologian. K-D-
18a Maybe Farrow's mother creates an unpleasant atmosphere. M-A--A
19d She's a mother and not quite a ringer. --B-L
22d Make something start and stop. -E-D

Many thankd

[Toorak]

8 Kidd
18 miasma
19 Mabel
22 send

[bookbinder]

8d Captain Kidd

[dannyk13]

Kidd
Miasma
Mabel
Send

[smiley1]

Thanks to you both

[dickpatven123]

From dickpatven123
I am sorry to disagree with all you experts BUT I THINK the answer to 22d is TEND? If you split the word 'something' into 'some thing' then the start is the letter 'T' and that makes TEND which is the only word meaning 'make' in my Chambers Crossword Dictionary. Please come back with your thoughts on my parse

[Davemano]

22d The S is the start of the Something, the End - stop.

[elliemay1]

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/send

[dickpatven123]

I am sorry elliemay1 and Davemano, however the words as listed in my Chambers Crossword Dictionary under 'MAKE' only list the TEND and not SEND or even MEND. I know that taking the word 'something' the start of that word equals 'S' but you know as well as I that the skeleton makes up his own rules and the split of the one word into two making 'some thing' is the letter 'T' which makes TEND and is the ONLY letter meaning 'MAKE'. Over to you!

dickpatven123

[Toorak]

A definition of send:

2.
cause to be in a specified state.
"while driving in London I was sent crazy by roadworks"
synonyms: make, drive, cause to be/become
"it's enough to send one mad"