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This is another superb Rainbow Charity Quiz, open until 31 May, so plenty of time to work out answers. I wondered how long it would be before someone started asking. The odd nudge is helpful but no answers please, that defeats the object.

Is it possible to get some hints, not answers, please for the following ?

38. His standard of work is poor, but the pedlar turns beechwood into furniture. (6)
39. Head has a way to reduce the size. (7)
88. Nice help I arranged for Diana with a crossword. (6,6)

Thanks.

itsme - Have you looked up Diana in Chambers? So often with the Rainbow Quiz, seemingly ordinary words have other meanings you couldn't have guessed at.

Completely without any thoughts on 75 - Men hate sumo etc. Any nudge in right direction please.

Thank you lady bee ...... I've had the correct answer for a while now, but could not fit it to the clue. ;o)

alansp ..... simple anagram, then google the result.

Just No.39 to go now ....... any clues ? Thanks

alansp - 'men hate...' is an anag giving the nickname of a famous Yorkshire carpenter - 'the ????????'.

itsme - 4 letters for 'head' followed by abbrev. for road ('reduce to size' = def).

Thanks to drxx and itsme Usual anagram solver failed to include the three letter word, but now have it.

quizmad - take 'age'='time' from deliberate damage to get wooden footwear.
mt is the abbrev for 'meantime' (it goes around another two letters frequently used in crosswords).
4 letters for 'dumb'/silent + 3 letters for 'steal' + the usual 2 letter abbrev for 'artist' - all reversed in that order.