The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ARRANGED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ARRANGED
- Ordered a Republican to rank Democrat
- After Universal’s departure, debated about Kurosawa flm set
- Agreed to drop odds, when they’re lined up
- Planned a road to bypass mountains
- Like marriage fixed by parents? There’s a right row with daughter!
- Settled stretch of open country encircled by a road
- Artist, sent back, fumed about new kind of marriage
- About amateur's outer limit to variety, collecting diamonds for set
- Organised agenda adjusted, incorporating bishop
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What does ARRANGED mean?
ARRANGED verb- To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
- To plan; to prepare in advance.
- To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
- (of a marriage) Having the match decided by someone other than the couple being married.