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Did it make the convicts airsick? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

skilly

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'did it make the convicts' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'airsick?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'airsick?' could be 'ill' (similar in meaning) and 'ill' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sky' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for skilly that I've seen before include "some soup" , "Thin gruel" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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