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
66% JINXES Brings bad luck to (6) Premier Sunday Jul 6, 2025
63% ASK Invite (3) Wall Street Journal Oct 15, 2025
63% ASKED Invited (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 10, 2025
63% BADE Invited (4) LA Times Daily Sep 12, 2025
60% RISK Chance (4) New York Times Oct 12, 2025
60% ODDS Chances (4) The Telegraph Quick Oct 5, 2025
60% INFORMAL Casual (8) USA Today Sep 25, 2025
60% EDGY Tense (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 13, 2025
60% LOTSA "-- luck!" (5) Eugene Sheffer Aug 18, 2025

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