Scoreboard tally: Abbr.
Crossword Answer — October 24, 2025
NYT Crossword
Friday, October 24, 2025
By Kelvin Zhou
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Apple product — Answer: PARER
- 6. Where the monster and Frankenstein cross paths, in "Frankenstein" — Answer: ALPS
- 10. It helps with server loads — Answer: TRAY
- 14. Draw forth — Answer: EDUCE
- 15. Opener for an aerial act — Answer: PARACHUTE
- 17. Fictional sidekick on a donkey — Answer: PANZA
- 18. Synthetic oil producer? — Answer: ARTFORGER
- 19. Settings for a mixer — Answer: SPEEDS
- 21. Silly ones — Answer: GEESE
- 22. Complimentary words? — Answer: ITSMYTREAT
- 24. Key of "Spring" in Vivaldi's "Four Seasons": Abbr. — Answer: EMAJ
- 28. About 9% of the earth's total surface area — Answer: ASIA
- 29. Site once promoted with the slogan "A place for friends" — Answer: MYSPACE
- 31. Track unit — Answer: LAP
- 34. Modern device with no filter, informally — Answer: ECIG
- 36. Sidesteps — Answer: SKIRTS
- 37. Snarky reply to a question that starts "Can I ...?" — Answer: IDONTKNOWCANYOU
- 40. Sight you can hardly believe — Answer: MIRAGE
- 41. Thai money — Answer: BAHT
- 42. Returns home? — Answer: IRS
- 43. Spread followers — Answer: BETTORS
- 45. Film director Nicolas — Answer: ROEG
- 47. Bounce — Answer: OUST
- 48. Groups of assistants in some old offices — Answer: STENOPOOLS
- 53. Number discovered in the 1500s — Answer: ETHER
- 55. Makeshift arrangement — Answer: LASHUP
- 56. Flag-waving, say — Answer: PATRIOTIC
- 60. Clarence ___, "The Wire" mayor — Answer: ROYCE
- 61. Bobblehead, e.g. — Answer: TCHOTCHKE
- 62. Ezra who co-founded Vox — Answer: KLEIN
- 63. Made out — Answer: SEEN
- 64. Zen riddle — Answer: KOAN
- 65. "What a shame" — Answer: SOSAD
Down
- 1. One side of a consumer "war" — Answer: PEPSI
- 2. Not put up resistance, say — Answer: ADAPT
- 3. Characters in "The Lord of the Rings" — Answer: RUNES
- 4. Condition formally known as atopic dermatitis — Answer: ECZEMA
- 5. Starting line at a starting line — Answer: READYSETGO
- 6. Mental health org. — Answer: APA
- 7. Word with extra or living — Answer: LARGE
- 8. Spinning ring, informally? — Answer: PRTEAM
- 9. Plan B, for seniors — Answer: SAFETYSCHOOL
- 10. It's on the right in the second row — Answer: THREEPIN
- 11. Throw, maybe — Answer: RUG
- 12. Bolted some nuts down — Answer: ATE
- 13. "___ Blues" (Beatles song) — Answer: YER
- 16. Derivative of sin — Answer: COS
- 20. Dismayed reaction to a tag — Answer: STICKERSHOCK
- 23. Contents of some sheets — Answer: RAIN
- 25. "Bloody" queen — Answer: MARYI
- 26. Job that requires a lot of memorization — Answer: ACTOR
- 27. Figure in Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" — Answer: JESUS
- 30. Locales with many banks — Answer: SKATEPARKS
- 31. Kind of bar that's hard to pass — Answer: LIMBO
- 32. It comes with a parting of the ways — Answer: ADIEU
- 33. Houston and New Orleans — Answer: PORTS
- 35. Hunk — Answer: GOB
- 38. Ramble away — Answer: NATTERON
- 39. Sound the alarm — Answer: WARN
- 44. Chest: Prefix — Answer: STETHO
- 46. Break from the group, say — Answer: GOSOLO
- 49. Actress Alexander of "Get Out" — Answer: ERIKA
- 50. "No doubt!" — Answer: OHYES
- 51. Saint ___ (Caribbean isle) — Answer: LUCIA
- 52. Lay out — Answer: SPEND
- 54. Small songbird — Answer: TIT
- 56. Scoreboard tally: Abbr. — Answer: PTS
- 57. It's good for tricks — Answer: ACE
- 58. Not just a — Answer: THE
- 59. The 1900s, e.g.: Abbr. — Answer: CEN
The answer to “Scoreboard tally: Abbr.” in the New York Times crossword is PTS — a 3-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on October 24, 2025, a Friday puzzle, at 56-Down. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.
“Scoreboard tally: Abbr.” answer
PTS (3 letters)
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Why the answer is PTS
PTS is the 3-letter solution that fits "Scoreboard tally: Abbr." in the NYT Crossword crossword on October 24, 2025 (56-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “Scoreboard tally: Abbr.” appeared?
New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up before, and what the answer was each time — handy if you landed here from a puzzle on another date.
October 24, 2025 (this puzzle) → PTS. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on October 24, 2025
Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.
- Flag-waving, say → PATRIOTIC
- Bobblehead, e.g. → TCHOTCHKE
- Made out → SEEN
- Makeshift arrangement → LASHUP
- It's good for tricks → ACE
- Small songbird → TIT
- Not just a → THE
- Number discovered in the 1500s → ETHER
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for October 24, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.
About the NYT Crossword
The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Friday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.
Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “Scoreboard tally: Abbr.”?
The answer is PTS, a 3-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on October 24, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Scoreboard tally: Abbr.”?
3 letters: PTS.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on October 24, 2025 (a Friday puzzle), at 56-Down.
Can “Scoreboard tally: Abbr.” have a different answer?
Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.
Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?
The full grid for October 24, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.