75. We've Got Leftovers

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Hello hello! Coming at you shortly after my Thanksgiving feast! Hoping you and yours had a restful, blessed day. (And we saw lots of good doggos on the dog show, of course! Congratulations, Stache!)

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1. Puzzle #74 answer: KEN JENNINGS

Correct entries: 51

Shortest explanation: As hinted by 11-Down, EMCEE = M.C. is important. Ten clues begin with the initials "M.C."; their entries are BARB-EASE-BOW-ABE-BEE-SEE-GNUS-MANN-PEAT-HUR. Phonetically (per "I Hear"), these become "Barbie's beau" (KEN) and "ABC newsman Peter" (JENNINGS), which gives us KEN JENNINGS, the answer to the meta (and the winner of 74 consecutive games of Jeopardy! in 2004).

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2. We have a supersized puzzle for this Thanksgiving holiday! Thanks to Jay for test-solving, feedback, and valuable comments. This could go either way, but I'll say Level 3 is fair (maybe 3.25).

Good luck, and may all your solves be beautiful!

Mikey G

The answer to the meta is a 9-letter phrase.