1. Bleak (8)
5. Maximum (6)
9. "The Information Superhighway" (8)
10. Not after (6)
12. Hebrew unit of dry measure (5)
13. A baseman in baseball (9)
14. Dishevel (6)
16. Persecute (7)
19. Unidentified (7)
21. Every year (6)
23. Devoid of feeling (9)
25. A stringed instrument of India (5)
26. Paradise (6)
27. Relating to the stars (8)
28. Desecrate (6)
29. Mesmerizing (8)
Down
1. Young cow (6)
2. Hodgepodge (9)
3. The tamarack tree (5)
4. Incapable of reproducing (7)
6. Immediately after that (9)
7. Egg-shaped (5)
8. An abstract thinker (8)
11. A type of hair style (4)
15. A type of wading bird (9)
17. The passing of a law (9)
18. Ruddy (8)
20. Close (4)
21. Pleasantness (7)
22. Gambol (6)
24. Lampoon (5)
25. Coil of yarn (5)