Skeleton

[johnT]

5d. Occasional year-end overtime
8d. Impasse, say, broken by male cast
9d. Brief record ruined her meal
10a. Ferocious lion vet treated (7) U?????? (initially had VIOLENT as anagram of lion vet but it can't be)
24a. Eccentric leaving a splitting punt

Thanks

[dannyk13]

Rare
Stalemate
Ephemeral
Violent
Offbeat

[fozzies]

Rare stalemate ephemeral violent offbeat

[dannyk13]

JohnT, you have asked for the answers to half of today's Skeleton.Are you sure that this crossword is for you?

[mazzywazzy]

We all had to start somewhere Danny!

[dannyk13]

Mazzy, agreed but John never seems to lessen the amount of questions.

[Mamyalynne]

Perhaps John would appreciate some parsing, he may then start to see how the clues work.

I know not everyone wants that but it may help here.

[dannyk13]

Lynne, I will bear that in mind next week.

[Mamyalynne]

Anything that helps fellow puzzlers is good.

[dannyk13]

Only problem is tha John never comes back to the thread so it is difficult to know whether he has picked anything up.

[Mamyalynne]

That's true too, if you do come back John - try to interact and ask for parsing etc.