Did it make the convicts airsick? (6)
I believe the answer is:
skilly
'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...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skilly that I've seen before include "some soup" , "Thin gruel" .)