Tls 1271

[GetOverIt]

14d Venetian ferries bearing cloth in the middle of jetties (9)

Probably T?A?H?T?I - the middle of jetties being T...TI

although I can't parse the crossing first T

13a Sex in country seat that causes Melmotte to throw a lavish banquet(5,5) (I presume is State Visit) from Googling the novel.

[GetOverIt]

Found it by endlessly Googling Venice and ferries and variations on the possible word

TRAGHETTI

[GetOverIt]

Cloth - rag in the middle of T(rag)HE TTI

[Mamyalynne]

13a Yes

Sex = Six - VI in State Sit

[GetOverIt]

Thanks for that Mamya!

And as for the other clue - I should that just googled the Italian for ferry and found TRAGHETTO

BTW - I've just opened this weeks TLS and found that I've won a previous crossword - £40!

[Mamyalynne]

Well done you, congratulations.

[dannyk13]

Well done!