In which Merlin's mostly enveloped by a little smoke in turn? (5)
I believe the answer is:
magic
'in which merlin's mostly enveloped by a little' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'smoke in turn?' is the wordplay.
'smoke' becomes 'cig' (I've seen this before).
'in' becomes 'am' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'turn?' says the letters should be written in reverse (I've seen 'turn' mean this).
'cig'+'am'='cigam'
'cigam' in reverse letter order is 'MAGIC'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for magic that I've seen before include "Illusory feat" , "Enchanting quality" , "Unexpectedly produce" , "Brilliant -- deception" , "Tricks" .)