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Sons in poor health — would this bring on nausea? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sailing

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'would this bring on nausea?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'sons in poor health' is the wordplay.
'sons' becomes 's'.
'in poor health' becomes 'ailing' (an ailing person is unwell).
's'+'ailing'='SAILING'

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(Other definitions for sailing that I've seen before include "Water sport" , "event" , "Marine sport" , "Going by, eg, yacht" , "Eg, yachting" .)

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