I Cryptic Crossword No 635

[souxie]

8 Across, A sack stuffed with well-turned out pastries (5,4)
11 Across, Party lackey in authority (8)
13 Across, Canopy formed by spreading trees after time (6)
14 Across, A hand with a fair variety of lines? (8)

ory about the lack of letters

Many thanks in advance

[bibblebub]

13a) tester = t + anagram of 'trees'

[bibblebub]

11) mandarin ?

[souxie]

I now have some letters for 11 Across, ???I???N

Many Thanks

[sandyRoe]

dominion

[factor-fiction]

dominian?

[bibblebub]

14a) straight ? (hand in poker / fair / straight lines)

[dannyk13]

Any letters for 8 across?

[souxie]

The letters I have for 8 Across are F?R?T-???? First something ?

[dannyk13]

Looks like your first word might be fruit?

[bibblebub]

first-rate = 'fire' outside of 'tarts' reversed

and I assume the definition is therefore A, the 1st word of the clue

[dannyk13]

Well done Bibble

[bibblebub]

it definitely needed those letters to be correct

[souxie]

Many Thanks to Everyone.

[Lancelot3843]

14a) Factotum

[bibblebub]

agree with Lancelot3843's answer and not my earlier suggestion (it seems a weak clue compared to the rest)

[Jon_Summers]

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