There are two ways to begin [creating a crossword] puzzle: themed, with the major answers constellating around a mini-riddle; or themeless, usually with longer clues, and no help from a little internal narrative. (Adrienne Raphel, Thinking Inside the Box, Penguin Press [2020], p. 40.)
This word, when used in the above sense, can also be a synonym for grouped, connected, assembled, bunched, bundled and gathered.
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