Catch meek characters, distraught to find it's 'game over'? (9)
I believe the answer is:
checkmate
'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.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(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" .)