Hidden Animals

[potterer]

57) Charles Dickens novel, with characters Snagsby and Quale.(5,5)
I think it's Bleak House but can't see hidden animal.
85) A band of colour, a chevron on a sleeve, a blow, esp with a lash.(6)
i have stripe, but yet again cannot see hidden animal.
Would be grateful for any help.

[elliemay1]

Have you any that you've solved so that we get an idea?

[pixie373]

85. S-tripe

[pixie373]

Oh i see. Sorry!

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

57 Louse

[kettledrum]

I don't entirely understand what is required here, but you are right that Mr Snagsby & Mr Quayle are both characters in Bleak House.

Another character is Bayham BADGER.

[factor-fiction]

I agree with the others- it would help if you could give an example of a solved clue and answer. I'm not sure whether the hidden animal is included in the question or the answer.
Bleak House is surely right for 57 but I can't see a hidden animal in those words

[Tilly2]

A bleak is a fish.

[factor-fiction]

Well done, Tilly. That must be right. (I had to look it up- I've never heard of a bleak.) It's not very well hidden in the answer, though.

[potterer]

Sorry I didn't make it clear.
E.g. Stiff felt hat = Bowler . Owl is the hidden animal.
I hadn't heard of bleak but i'm sure that's right. Many thanks Tilly2.

[mallyh]

could 85 be corporal punishment i'm still trying to find a creature hidden though

[factor-fiction]

I think the answer to the clue (not the animal) has to be 6 letters, mally, so corporal punishment won't fit

[factor-fiction]

STRIPE definitely fits the clue

[factor-fiction]

One meaning of RIP is an 'old and useless horse'

[mallyh]

just looked up stripe it said blow with a lash ,a band of colour and (coll.)tiger

[potterer]

Tnankyou factorfiction.