### Clue: Cynical about operations for illness (6)
### Answer: DROPSY 
 ### Explanation: Definition: illness
  DRY(sarcastic,mocking,ironic,cynical as in "dry wit", "dry humour") **containing**(about) OPS(short form of $$op$$eration$$s$$, as in "black ops")
Defn:  Oedema/edema, a condition,illness characterized by swelling caused by accumulation of watery fluid in animal body cells, tissues and cavities