Answer:

hacks

Answer	Crossword Clue
HACKS	Uses a machete
HACKS	Wields an ax
HACKS	Techie workarounds

HACKS	Unrespected writers
HACKS	Maligned writers
HACKS	They charge by the meter
HACKS	Ham-fisted writers
HACKS	Untalented writers
HACKS	Cabbies
HACKS	Modern break-ins
HACKS	Two-bit writers

HACKS	Trespasses in cyberspace
HACKS	Cabs
HACKS	Mediocre writers
HACKS	Chops away at
HACKS	Chops crudely
HACKS	Literary drudges
HACKS	Taxi drivers
HACKS	Drives a taxi.

HACKS	Poor scriveners.
HACKS	Horses or taxis.
HACKS	Drudges.
HACKS	Taxis.
HACKS	Saddle horses.
HACKS	Second-raters
HACKS	Junky writers
HACKS	Chops clumsily

HACKS	Trite writers
HACKS	Basketball fouls
HACKS	Penny-a-liners
HACKS	Political ... (partisan sorts)
HACKS	Lousy writers
HACKS	Unskilled writers
HACKS	Breaks a computer code
HACKS	Copes with

HACKS	Programmer's solutions

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.