Tricky Treating

After trick-or-treating, you discover that some of your neighbors left strange clues on your candy! Every clue has been obfuscated with a different spell, transforming each word of the clue and removing spaces. Reverse engineer these spells and then form some connections to learn how to turn this TRICK into something sweeter.

Note: Candy wrapper colors are not relevant to the puzzle.

GAILLARAATIVE (5 → 4)

LREDROACITREVLIP (5 → 4)

MOEYYREATEDDINUSTRYY (7 → 7)

ONTEMPLATIVUNERAOE (5 → 3)

HATANDLESONAUNTEDOUSES (7 → 6)

PAPIAPTERPOPAFFECTIO (5 → 5)

WILYADMREDADAPPVED (7 → 6)

YKSSOMETIMDCALLNRETU (5 → 4)

SHTSREAGSUTDOORO (6 → 6)

SNINESINSANCIENTSROME (2 → 3)

SELORROFSROTCA (5 → 5)

ERAISPRNIVEGIROFOTCHIEVEMENAC (5 → 6)

GLOWSINCLEDIBRYSSREEPYS (4 → 5)

MESSEFWHERLINGFLEID (6 → 6)

COTTONEDINEDAEDCANDLEED (4 → 6)

SINGLELEUNITLEOFLESPEECHLE (4 → 6)

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in each category!

NEW YORK TIMES █████████

5

1

NAMES OF █████████

4

7

THINGS WITH █████████

6

3

WORDS THAT COME AFTER █████████

2

8

TRICK     ?

Incorrect.

That's Right!

You solved Tricky Treating!

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