Crossword Clue: Names shown at a film's end
Here's the answer to the Names shown at a film's end crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: CREDITS
The answer to "Names shown at a film's end" is CREDITS. Credits runs 7 letters — 2 vowels and 5 consonants — opening with C and closing on S. In a grid it fills a 7-square slot whose letters are each shared with a crossing word, so the intersections do a lot of the heavy lifting when the clue itself is tough.
Origin & meaning
Credits are the list of names acknowledging everyone who worked on a film, usually shown at the end. Marvel films popularized the post-credits scene as a viewing incentive.
Common usage
You'll see CREDITS in grids regularly — its 7-letter, 2 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the C or S, CREDITS tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like CREDITS are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet CREDITS again and again, and recognizing it instantly is one of the quiet skills that separates fast solvers from slow ones.
Stuck on this clue?
The fastest way past a stubborn clue like this one is the grid itself: pencil in the easy crossing answers first, and CREDITS will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue CREDITS — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "Once the C was confirmed by the crossing word, CREDITS was the only entry that fit."
- "A 7-letter slot and a clue like 'Names shown at a film's end'? That's CREDITS nine times out of ten."
- "I second-guessed it, but the crossing answers confirmed CREDITS was right."