Animal in stories and drawings (9)

I believe the answer is:

lotteries

'drawings' is the definition.
('lottery' can be a synonym of 'drawing')

'animal in stories' is the wordplay.
'animal' becomes 'otter' (I've seen this before).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'stories' becomes 'lies' (to tell stories can mean to lie).
'otter' put within 'lies' is 'LOTTERIES'.

'and' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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