Monday, September 1, 2026 — Javan Rhino, Nine O'Clock High ... Sipping a Latte??

Welcome to Jean and Mike do the New York Times crossword.

Hi, I'm Jean.

And I'm Mike.

And today we are doing the crossword for Tuesday, September 1st, 2026.

So, how did you find this crossword a debut for both Paul Hewitt and Margot Cohn?

Really? Yes.

This was a debut.

I would not have guessed that.

A

double debut.

A double debut.

I thought it was extremely clever.

Well,

good.

I

thought the theme was just extremely clever.

Uh-huh.

Well, that's how they got into the Tuesday crossword here.

I guess so.

By being clever.

It wasn't difficult, so it was perfect for a Tuesday.

It

wasn't

like it was really a stumper or anything, but yeah, it was a pleasant solve.

Well, good.

What did you think?

Well, I actually forgot to do it until about like 1030 last night.

I'm like, oh, no, I forgot to do the crossword.

So I was a little bit fatigued as I started it, but it wasn't too bad.

And it was I mean, it was it was perfect Tuesday fair.

And and the the theme was clever.

Yes.

So why don't we get into that?