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
71% JINXED Brought bad luck to (6) The Times Sunday Concise Sep 27, 2026
63% LOTSA "___ luck!" (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 5, 2026
63% MISADVENTURE Bad luck or accident (12) (12) Puzzler Jul 30, 2026
60% NOTA "____ chance!" (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 15, 2026
60% TAUT Tense (4) The Telegraph Quick Sep 7, 2026
60% TEE Casual shirt, casually (3)
60% ARE Chances ____ (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 3, 2026
60% ASK Invite (3) Wall Street Journal Aug 8, 2026
60% ANY "___ luck?" (3)

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