LA Times Daily Crossword August 5, 2023 Answers

1. Next-level experience? 10. "The Hobbit" figure 15. Around 16. Registration info 17. Strips at a party 18. Emma Roberts, to Julia Roberts 19. Raises 20. London institution with a Los Angeles namesake, familiarly 22. Drop (out) 23. Industry titan 24. Chichi 25. High wind 29. Hides 31. Technical drawing 34. Boddingtons, e.g. 35. Doesn't surprise, in a way 37. Allow 38. Place where stuff sells left and right 42. Coastal habitat 44. Carry a torch for 45. Like many of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's jabots 46. "Now, about ... " 49. Yoga roll 50. Onetime carrier based in Cairo 52. "The Crown" role, familiarly 55. Short-tailed weasel 56. Taboo gathering? 58. Flip side? 59. "All good?" 60. Diamond Jubilee number 61. Beach club?

1. Chess pieces known as elephants in Russia 2. Focused 3. Elaine who had a recurring role as Jack's mother on "30 Rock" 4. First word of Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" 5. Potential Guinness entry, say 6. Perfect Portions brand 7. Test with a max verbal reasoning score of 170 8. Enterprise rival 9. Smith of TV's "Empire" 10. "That's a bad idea" 11. O'Hare and Bush, for two 12. Sea __ 13. Nook 14. Straight from the garden 21. Unsure sounds 23. __ du Rhône 26. Seasoning on a Chicago-style hot dog 27. Forgets, maybe 28. Heathrow facilities 30. Japanese cutlet 32. "Roughly" 33. "The Flight Attendant" star 36. What "p" may stand for 37. Brand with a Pamplemousse flavor 39. "What?!" 40. One who crosses the line? 41. Warrant 42. Cocktail flavored with orgeat syrup 43. "Always and Forever, Lara Jean" novelist Jenny 45. Holds up 47. Long-term investment accounts? 48. Pageant prize 51. Minute 52. Blue 53. Again 54. Boggle pieces 57. All U.S. vice presidents until 2021