Candy Cane Word Puzzle

We're getting closer to the holidays and I wanted to make a themed letter puzzle of a completely new variety.  The clues here are based on whichever of the two letters comes first in the word CANDY.  The color is red if the letters are both vowels or both consonants, otherwise the clue is white.  Finally, each letter appears eight times.  That's it for the rules.  Some specific examples are given on the puzzle itself to help ensure there's no confusion.  One last clarification: Y is a vowel here because of its position in the word.

For an extra example, below is one way, out of many, that a section of puzzle with certain clues could be filled in:

Solution
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