MEOW #5: T-Rex

A weekly meta crossword on the forum started by member Josh (aka madhatter5). These puzzles are often very creative with solving mechanisms out of the norm and skewing towards the more challenging. Puzzles are posted every Wednesday, and the solution appears the following Tuesday.
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madhatter5 wrote: โ†‘Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:06 pm Very sorry if it was tedious to do all the colors! Thanks so much as always for the Excel sheets, they are very much appreciated.
This puzzle is after my own heart, with its highlighting. I'm not sure how I let it slip. :?: :oops:

The highlighting was somewhat extensive, so there are 'only' 10 forms created, after filling in the top grid (versus 16).

Thank YOU, Joshua, for creating these.
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Joe Ross wrote: โ†‘Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:09 pm
madhatter5 wrote: โ†‘Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:06 pm Very sorry if it was tedious to do all the colors! Thanks so much as always for the Excel sheets, they are very much appreciated.
This puzzle is after my own heart, with its highlighting. I'm not sure how I let it slip. :?: :oops:

The highlighting was somewhat extensive, so there are 'only' 10 forms created, after filling in the top grid (versus 16).

Thank YOU, Joshua, for creating these.
Well Joe, I had to solve without your form so I dragged it into another program, but it was certainly the highlight of my day......
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As usual, I was too busy sniffing the mercury and have no clue.

For some reason, I'm thinking of the (Adam West) Batman Madhatter.
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Solution:

The interior of the T-rex contains only the letters T, H, and E.

It is therefore a ... wait for it ... THE-saurus :)
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A clever and fun mechanism. It took a lot of :shock: before I saw it, but I laughed out loud when I finally did.
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madhatter5 wrote: โ†‘Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:33 am Solution:

The interior of the T-rex contains only the letters T, H, and E.

It is therefore a ... wait for it ... THE-saurus :)
Shows how far off I was.

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Forgot to post yesterday that I finally let the cat out of the bag. :-/
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