Casual and tense, by chance? That's to invite bad luck (5,4) Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Casual and tense, by chance? That's to invite bad luck (5,4) last seen in Guardian Cryptic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TEMPTFATE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TEMPTFATE Casual and tense, by chance? That's to invite bad luck (5,4) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Feb 3, 2025
63% MISHAP Bad luck: his map is faulty (6) The Times Quick Cryptic Dec 13, 2025
63% ASKTO Invite for (5) LA Times Daily Dec 7, 2025
63% LOTSA "__ luck!" (5) Commuter Dec 5, 2025
63% HARDCHEESE Drunk has cheered bad luck (10) The Times Quick Cryptic Nov 17, 2025
60% HECKNO "Not a chance!" (6) USA Today Dec 1, 2025
60% NOT "___ a chance!" (3) Universal Nov 28, 2025
60% ODDS Chances (4) Puzzler Backwords Nov 14, 2025
60% HAZARD Chance (6) The Times Sunday Concise Nov 9, 2025
60% ASK Invite (3) Wall Street Journal Oct 15, 2025

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