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1 result for COTTONGIN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 6, 2010	30D	Separating machine	Daniel A. Finan	Shortz

1 result for COTTONGIN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 18, 2005	Diagramless	39A	Invention said to have started the Industrial Revolution	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

3 results for COTTONGIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 3, 1987	23D	Whitney's machine	Walter Covell	Maleska
Sun May 26, 1985	96A	A 1793 invention	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Tue Dec 8, 1970	20A	Whitney's creation	Unknown	Weng

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