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3 results for ELIWHITNEY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Aug 21, 2017	30D	Inventor of the cotton gin	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Mon Sep 10, 2001	27D	Cotton gin inventor	Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert	Shortz
Wed Jun 25, 1997	17A	Gin inventor	Elizabeth Gorski	Shortz

2 results for ELIWHITNEY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 18, 2016	Acrostic	S	Gin-making entrepreneur born in 1765 (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Apr 16, 2006	Acrostic	J	Inventor who pioneered mass production of rifles (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

1 result for ELIWHITNEY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Sep 28, 1964	28D	American inventor.	Unknown	Farrar

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