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Cotton shrinking upset Yankee (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dimity

'cotton' is the definition.
(type of cotton)

'shrinking upset yankee' is the wordplay.
'shrinking' becomes 'timid' (I've seen this before).
'upset' says the letters should be written backwards.
'yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'timid' back-to-front is 'dimit'.
'dimit'+'y'='DIMITY'

(Another definition for dimity that I've seen is " Cotton fabric".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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