La Times Crossword Answers 08/05/23

Across Clues

• Next-level experience?BOSSFIGHT
• “The Hobbit” figureDWARF
• AroundINTHEAREA
• Registration infoOWNER
• Strips at a partySTREAMERS
• Emma Roberts, to Julia RobertsNIECE
• RaisesHOISTS
• London institution with a Los Angeles namesake, familiarlyTHETIMES
• Drop (out)OPT
• Industry titanCZAR
• ChichiPOSH
• High windPICCOLO
• HidesSKINS
• Technical drawingSCHEMATIC
• Boddingtons, e.g.ALE
• Doesn’t surprise, in a wayLIVESUPTO
• AllowLET
• Place where stuff sells left and rightSHOESTORE
• Coastal habitatMARSH
• Carry a torch forCRUSHON
• Like many of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s jabotsLACY
• “Now, about … “ASTO
• Yoga rollMAT
• Onetime carrier based in CairoAIRSINAI
• “The Crown” role, familiarlyLADYDI
• Short-tailed weaselSTOAT
• Taboo gathering?GAMENIGHT
• Flip side?TAILS
• “All good?”AREWECOOL
• Diamond Jubilee numberSIXTY
• Beach club?SANDWEDGE

Vertical Clues

• Chess pieces known as elephants in RussiaBISHOPS
• FocusedONTOPIC
• Elaine who had a recurring role as Jack’s mother on “30 Rock”STRITCH
• First word of Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin'”SHES
• Potential Guinness entry, sayFEAT
• Perfect Portions brandIAMS
• Test with a max verbal reasoning score of 170GRE
• Enterprise rivalHERTZ
• Smith of TV’s “Empire”TASHA
• “That’s a bad idea”DONT
• O’Hare and Bush, for twoWWIIPILOTS
• Sea __ANEMONE
• NookRECESS
• Straight from the gardenFRESH
• Unsure soundsERS
• __ du RhôneCOTES
• Seasoning on a Chicago-style hot dogCELERYSALT
• Forgets, maybeOMITS
• Heathrow facilitiesLAV
• Japanese cutletKATSU
• “Roughly”ISH
• “The Flight Attendant” starCUOCO
• What “p” may stand forPER
• Brand with a Pamplemousse flavorLACROIX
• “What?!”OHMYGOD
• One who crosses the line?ROADHOG
• WarrantENTITLE
• Cocktail flavored with orgeat syrupMAITAI
• “Always and Forever, Lara Jean” novelist JennyHAN
• Holds upLASTS
• Long-term investment accounts?SAGAS
• Pageant prizeTIARA
• MinuteITSY
• BlueLEWD
• AgainANEW
• Boggle piecesDICE
• All U.S. vice presidents until 2021MEN