Tricky Treats

Sweet! Thanks for the treat! :D

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Cheers You! Liked the intro too lol!

I really wanted the answer to be CANDY CORN, but this will do. Thanks for the treats!

You are a clever one, Clark. I really loved the bars. Thanks.

I’m impressed Clark!! You should come to a Zoom. I’d really like to see your man bun.

What a playfully wondrous way to start the week, a welcome antidote to this soggy start in the Northeast. Thanks for the chuckles, Clark, both in the puzzle and in your prelude. There's a whole lot of wit and wisdom afoot.

Fun meta! Liked the visual component! Got the “C and Y” themers fast but then what? Well, just look at the grid! Ha!

Thanks for the puzzle, I enjoyed it!

Thanks, Clark! Loved 1A - TACTIC is one hella reverse-candy strategic maneuver. P.S. We have a beanbag chair and a 9" B&W TV waiting for you down in our basement if you ever need a place to stay on the east coast. Happy Halloween!

What a sweet treat - thanks! And good to see you back "Clark".

Figured it our before I figured it out. Kept finding the obvious Candy Bars (even perhaps the unintended Clark?) and tried CHOCOLATE (a natural try I thought) but it was wrong. I did not tumble to the C and Y thing until later but still did not get the last part until I started saying WET BAR, OPEN BAR, etc. VERY NICE. I'm actually sitting here munching Haribo Gold Bears while I try to construct a puzzle or two. Not as umami-like as a good Clark Bar or Butterfingers, but also not a s fattening. So, I am going to get some more adhesive tape to repair my glasses, wash the excess ink off of my pocket protector, tap my Farah Fawcett poster for luck and get back to it. Thanks for the fun puzzle Clark

Wonderful puzzle... as ever I bow to all you genius setters and solvers... congrats, you sports!... I'll see myself out

Took me way too long! Fun and simple. (Never heard of Black Cows and the addition of black in the clue kept bugging me. Amazingly I took forever to notice the other three more hidden candies [I love Aero which I imagine most usaians have never heard of])

But ... the the top four entries all spell C and Y; is there any significance to bottom four entries?

I saw the C and Y right away and I wanted it to be candy corn - until I saw the types of bars...

Ak... never mind. I get it now C and Y + ______ bars. VERY CLEVER and cute.

Would you believe I missed the C/Y on the first pass!? (Somehow though, the bars jumped out at me immediately -- what does that say? ) The beginning letters of the first 3 C clues happen to be C, L, A. Thought the answer might be Clark Bars and that you were deviously hiding it in plain sight!

Oh, and I bet it'd be a scary trip down to your cellar, but I imagine any brave trick or treater will be rewarded with one of your famous home-made, cellophane-wrapped, sticky popcorn balls!

Nice going, Clark!

Delicious puzzle. I saw the C/Y but hadn't heard of Aero or Black Cows but took the plunge anyway. Loved the BARS!

Fun! Thanks!

So fun! Happy Halloween!

Worthy of a "Clark" Bar!

Not to be too sugary ... but that was a yummy puzzle, Messrs. Tripe!

“What do you say, children?” “Thank you, Mr. Tripe.”

Skor! That had me snickering… mounds of fun to take five and solve this during breaks ‘twix long stretches of work. I missed the significance of the short bottom words completely… just guessed “bars” because of the visual (puzzle looks like a jack-o-lantern behind bars!). Also tried to work your name into the solution, Mr. “Bob Cratchit, to Scrooge, (old spelling)” and “Offal entree.” (I feel pretty sure it’s an alias and anagrams to something obvious I should know, but as ever I’m not in the know with the cool kids). Great puzzle - give us s’mor!!

Stared at this for over a day, off and on, before the light bulb finally came on. Thanks for the puzzle!

Thanks, Clark - hope you are enjoying some candy today

Do they still make Clark Bars? Or online E-bars?, Or my favorite, Tripe Bars?

LOLOLOLOLOLOL had this solved in like the first 10 min, but was hung up on the fact that CANDY BAR is only 8 letters

Good one, Clark!

Late getting to the puzzle...but enjoyed it...thanks for another great construction. Definitely saw the "Aero" reference (I live in Ottawa, so we gave out some of those mini-size bars for Halloween)...and knew Heath and Milky Way, but had to use Google images for Black Cow. Nice!