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can someone help me with these short clues please ?

1. Long-windedness( 9) ????r?i?y

2. South american marine fish ( 5) S??e?

3. Fashionable dressmaker ( 7) M???s??

4. Earthworm or leech ( 7) ????h?e

5. Part song for men (4) ???y

6. Ancillary ( 5) E???a

7. Inclined ( 5) A?i??

8. Data -to -sound converter ( 5) M????

9. Female side of the family ( 7) ??s?a??

10. Shuffle ( 7) S?a?b?e

11. Lobster's ripe ovary (3) ??e
12. Bishop's throne (8) ??t?e???

13. Orthodox male jew's skullcap ( 5)

14. Room for food and wine storage ( 7) ??t?e??

15. Cries of wild geese ( 5) ??n?s

9 distaff

6. extra
10. shamble
12. cathedra

13. kippa

15 honks

3. Modiste

3 modiste

7. Atilt

2. could possibly be Snoek, although that's South African rather than South American I would have thought!

How sure are you of some of the other letters? I thought Annelid for #4, but it doesn't fit the letters you already have.

thanks to everyone who helped with the answers,

Snoekis correct- it is South American and south african.Annelid for #4 is correct also. the other 2 clues should be :
8. Data -to -sound converter ( 5) M?d??
5. Part song for men (4) ?L?e