Meaning Of Words

[sixpence999]

3c. Oath (12) c --ava ------
4b. Made (10) m --sub----
14b. Writing bombastically (12) f--tia------
23b. American house (15). R---see--------
15a. Rang true (10). T-----one-
15c. A calmer attitude (9) e---lie--
23b. An American house (15) r---see--------

[valerieb1254]

14b) Fustianising

[Captain2]

23b House of Representatives is American obviously
but what are we looking for and why do they all have three letters together
in the middle?

[glasman]

15c Emollient

[Calibax]

15a Telephoned?

[marianviolin]

They sound good, can anyone help with a few different ones
26b. Writ (10)(possibly writ large). Starts with a t
27a. Russian made sub machine guns (12) starts with a k
29a. Pressing hard (9) starts with a t
31a. Faded away (9) starts with an e
Thanks

[frugalfred]

27a kalashnikovs?

[sixpence999]

29a. Thronging

[brokenbank]

4b is "made the Shogun" and is Mitsubishi

3c is "an exclamatory oath" and was previously answered as 'sbodikins.

[brokenbank]

The clue to 26b is "large quantities" and is truckloads.

[sixpence999]

Apologies for not replying captain. The setter has given the three letters in the middle. There are three words on each line with a slightly convoluted sentence to determinate. The puzzle is a charity puzzle which can be downloaded if you are interested christmas puzzle.co.uk