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15A Ding contest (6) - ?A?M??

7D New broom's firm measure (7) - ?N?O???

The last letters intersect.

Any help please.

15a Hammer - ding is a Scots word meaning to knock, beat or strike. Throwing the hammer is a sport (contest)

I think 7d is Incomer, but can't totally parse it

Looks like INCOMER

Thanks both. I had INCOMER pencilled in but couldn't parse it either.

14d Brown plaid (7)

I have B- - C - E -

The B and the C I’m pretty sure about. The E comes from 24ac for which I have ENOKI which fits the clue well but seems to lack any definition.

14d. Bracken

Can you explain please annobrain? It’s beyond me (and Chambers)!

7D INC (firm) + OMER (measure)

24A "Take" is Japanese for "mushroom"

14d Bracken is a brown colour. It's also a variant of brechan, a highland plaid.