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DOWNLOADABLE PUZZLE: Unthemely #12

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     MALENURSES (63)

This entry could be okay with a clue putting it in historical context. It reminds me of M*A*S*H, where the concept of a male nurse was derogatory and used to demonstrate gender inequality in the Korean War era.

     METALMOUTH (70)

Every adult tooth in my head has been filled at some point, but I’ve never needed orthodonture. I’m not sure if people still use epithets like “metal mouth” for wearers of braces — it may not be so much of a source of teasing these days.

     NATATORIUM (60)

When I lived in the Kansas City area, I listened to Walt Bodine’s talk show on the local public radio station. One of his regular guests was historian Jane Flynn, and they would often open their discussion of Kansas City history with a call-in trivia question. “What is a natatorium?” is a question they used more than once.

     OVERMONTHS (1)

Here’s another CRUCIVERB import. The entry actually appears twice in the CRUCIVERB database, clued as {Spread out, timewise} and {In the course of many weeks}. In both puzzles, the phrase is a theme entry — wanna guess the theme?