Cryptic Animal Safari Quiz

[Rusticmaid]

The following are all animals wild or tame;
4- Crisis gathering (5); 8- Second-rate raver gets sozzled; 18- Wrongful act on French river (8); 41- Without energy, cut nothing -there's plenty left (7); 57- It's only confused with a whip! (7); 60- To be seen later in song (9); 68- Before and after but not Friday (8); 71- Strong grass (5); 95- Golf shot St Francis, for instance, put on record (8). Stuck on these last few and the closing date is fast approaching, can anyone help please?

[Mamyalynne]

60 see you later Alligator

[baitress]

18 - tort oise.
68 - ante + ater(after minus the f).

[flicrat]

8. Beaver

[Mamyalynne]

95 Chipmunk

[baitress]

41 - axolotl. cut = axe minus the e + lot + l

[flicrat]

95. Chipmunk (sounds like monk)!

[baitress]

flicrat, can't see how you got beaver. it can't be an anag of B + raver.

[flicrat]

71. Could this be Stoat? ST(strong) OAT

[flicrat]

You're right baitress. My mistake. Do we know how many letters?

[Rusticmaid]

Sorry, Second-rate raver gets sozzled should say 6 letters.

[Rusticmaid]

Thank you for all your help. I've never heard of an axolotl, I had to look it up in a dictionary. You learn something new everyday!

[flicrat]

I still have this feeling it OUGHT to be beaver!

[flicrat]

57. Meerkat
mere is only and the cat is the whip

[baitress]

flicrat. I agree it looks like it should be beaver.Perhaps a lousy clue from the compiler. It does occur often.

[Rusticmaid]

I'm inclined to agree, I think it looks as though it should be beaver so I will stick with that. Thank you for all your help everyone!