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Catch meek characters, distraught to find it's 'game over'? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

checkmate

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'it's 'game over'?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'catch meek characters' is the wordplay.
'characters' indicates an anagram.
'catch'+'meek'='catchmeek'
'catchmeek' with letters rearranged gives 'CHECKMATE'.

'distraught to find' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for checkmate that I've seen before include "you lose!" , "Complete victory" , "End of game" , "Inescapable attack in chess" , "Winning call on board" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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