The whole, eleven letters, is a songster.  The 1 2 3 4 is adjacent. 
The 5 6 7 is a metal.  The 8 9 10 11 is a current of air.

ISOLA.

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

1.  What wood is sometimes called. 2.  A character in “Hamlet.” 3.  Customary. 4.  An underling of Satan’s. 5.  A common shrub. 6.  A boy’s name meaning “manly.” 7.  An animal. 8.  A place of security. 9.  A body of water. 10.  A large bird of the vulture family. 11.  The home of the gods in Greek mythology. 12.  A preposition. 13.  A spelled number.

The initials name a female author, and the finals a male author.

S.M.P.

WORD SYNCOPATIONS.

1.  Take a bird from a saint’s name, and leave something ladies wear. 2.  Take the present from understanding, and leave a chief. 3.  Take part of a fish from explained, and leave a will. 4.  Take a forfeit from cultivated, and leave a color. 5.  Take an insect from needed, and leave joined. 6.  Take a vessel from to supply, and leave to angle.

CYRIL DEANE.

CHARADE.

  My first may be made of my last,
    And carries mechanical force. 
  My last both lives and dyes for man,
    May often be seen as a horse,
  And serves him by day and by night
    In ways very widely apart. 
  My whole is the name, well renowned,
    Of a chief in the potter’s art.

L.W.H.

ABBREVIATIONS.

1.  Syncopate and curtail a greenish mineral, and leave a Turkish officer. 2.  Syncopate and curtail a royal ornament, and leave a domestic animal. 3.  Syncopate and curtail a fabled spirit, and leave a coniferous tree. 4.  Syncopate and curtail a small fruit, and leave an opening. 5.  Syncopate and curtail a motive power, and leave a body of water. 6.  Syncopate and curtail colorless, and leave a humorous man. 7.  Syncopate and curtail stops, and leave a head-covering. 8.  Syncopate and curtail a sweet substance, and leave an agricultural implement. 9.  Syncopate and curtail a carpenter’s tool, and leave an insect. 10.  Syncopate and curtail coins, and leave an inclosure.

I.

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN FEBRUARY NUMBER.

EASY DOUBLE CROSS-WORD ACROSTIC.—­Initials, Birch; finals, Maple; horizontals, BeaM, IdA, RomP, CorraL, HousE.

SQUARE-WORD.—­Ruler, Unite, Lithe, Ethel, Reels.

NUMERICAL PUZZLE.—­Vivid.

HIDDEN ACROSTIC.—­Minnehaha.

EASY DECAPITATIONS.—­1.  Foil, oil. 2.  Spear, pear. 3.  Feel, eel. 4.  Sledge, ledge. 5.  Stag, tag. 6.  Mace, ace. 7.  Goats, oats. 8.  Draw, raw. 9.  Galley, alley.

TRANSPOSITIONS.—­1.  Subtle, bustle. 2.  Shah, hash. 3.  Shearer, hearers. 4.  Sharper, harpers. 5.  Resorted, restored. 6.  Negus, genus.