Spooky Chess Night

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Spectral challenger who never makes a sound (5)
• Frightening tactic designed to make rivals forfeit (5)
• Curse placed on a menacing grandmaster (3)
• Terrifying endgame position nobody wants to face (9)
• Emotion paralyzing anyone who dares challenge my opening (4)
• Final resting place for fallen chess pieces (4)
• Tower that glides through the graveyard fog (4)

Down

• Audible gasp of despair after falling into mate (6)
• Most lethal presence sweeping across the board (5)
• Afflicted with terrible blunder luck on Halloween (6)
• Risky sacrifice made to haunt the rest of the game (6)
• State of absolute panic when running out of clock time (6)
• Sinking feeling when realizing you sat opposite a monster (5)
• Sudden cry to startle an opponent across the board (3)

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