35. Rat Pack nickname : DINO

Hey pallies, likes here's a bit of Dino-fun for your weekend Dino-pleasure.  Likes as we so so often observe...you just never never know where our Dino is goin' to turn up next....and today's Dino-gram is proof positive of this Dino-truth.  Likes our pallies at Twingly Advanced Blog search sent us the way of the blog "LAXCrossword.com - Answers to the LA Times Crossword" where we discovered that our most beloved Dino was fabulously featured in the LA Times crossword puzzle last Thursday.

As you will swankly see below, 35 across' coolest of cool clue was: Rat Pack nickname.  It had four spaces to fill...and only our Dino has four letters in his first name.  Likes, of course, it coulda turned out to be DEAN, but, of course, we are proudly pleased that DINO is what coolly correctly filled the boxes!!!!!  Likes all we can say is Thanks a million to crossword constructor  Mr. Mel Rosen for liftin' up the name of our Dino in this wonderfully wise way and helpin' tons and tons of LA Crossword Fans make a cool contact with our one and only Dino.  Just never ever know, how this remarkable ref will brings pallies after pallies into a deeper knowin', lovin' and honorin' of our King of Cool!

We thanks the pallies at "LAXCrossword.com - Answers to the LA Times Crossword" for bringin' this Dino-fun to us and, likes of course, to Mr. Mel Rosen for awesomely accentin' our Dino in this powerfully puzzlin' way!  To checks this out in it's original source, likes simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

LA TIMES CROSSWORD ANSWERS 10 AUG 2017, THURSDAY

Constructed by: Mel Rosen

Edited by: Rich Norris

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35. Rat Pack nickname : DINO

Dean Martin was the stage name of singer and actor Dino Crocetti. Martin was famous for his numerous hit songs such as “That’s Amore”, “Volare” and Everybody Loves Somebody”, as well as his film career with Jerry Lewis. Off screen, Martin was a member of the famous “Rat Pack” as he was a great friend of Frank Sinatra. Martin was always associated with Las Vegas and when he passed away in 1995 the lights on the strip were dimmed in his honor.

The original Rat Pack from the fifties was a group of actors that centered on Humphrey Bogart, and included a young Frank Sinatra. Supposedly, Bogart’s wife, Lauren Bacall, christened them the Rat Pack after seeing them all return from one of their nights on the town in Las Vegas. The sixties Rat Pack was a reincarnation of the fifties version, with the core group of actors being Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin (Dino), Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford.